On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400
Alan McConnell wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> >
> > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues
> > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy.
> >
> > Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ?
>
On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400
Alan McConnell wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> >
> > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues
> > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy.
> >
> > Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ?
>
On Sat 26 Mar 2016 at 22:44:36 (+), Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 26 March 2016 21:50:42 Felix Miata wrote:
> > As long as PS/2 ports have existed, it's unfathomable that BIOS makers
> > apparently still have not figured out how to have either port support a
> > keyboard at POST time. Instead
On Monday 28 March 2016 10:35:11 chrisb@localhost.localdomain wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 06:35:36PM +0100, jdd wrote:
> > Le 26/03/2016 17:11, Alan McConnell a écrit :
> > > Press to run BIOS setup, or to run boot menu
>
> ^^^
> Weird ... I g
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 06:35:36PM +0100, jdd wrote:
> Le 26/03/2016 17:11, Alan McConnell a écrit :
>
> > Press to run BIOS setup, or to run boot menu
^^^
Weird ... I guess that is supposed to be F11, which makes me wonder
is the shift key held
On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400
Alan McConnell wrote:
> I am taking up a lot of message time here. But my question is a
> very simple one: can one, after booting, and as root, change the
> BIOS so that the machine will boot from a DVD if one is present,
> or from a USB thumb device, if one is
Lisi Reisz composed on 2016-03-26 22:44 (UTC):
> I didn't know that the "wrong" one worked in the OS!!
I wasn't conscious of any such thing. Alan proved it does at least in Wheezy.
> I last put the mouse in
> the keyboard one, and vice versa, in the days before they were colour coded,
> when suc
On Saturday 26 March 2016 21:50:42 Felix Miata wrote:
> Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-26 14:57 (UTC-0400):
> >...I think it fortunate
> > that this E-list contains an expert of the quality of...
>
> Please, let's not think of me so much expert as experienced. I can't count
> the times I've
Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-26 14:57 (UTC-0400):
...I think it fortunate
that this E-list contains an expert of the quality of...
Please, let's not think of me so much expert as experienced. I can't count
the times I've fumbled a keyboard connector into the top port and found t
Alan McConnell wrote:
...
> Yes. My keyboard was plugged into the _green_ port. (my
> mouse is elsewhere). So I shut down, changed my keyboard
> cord to the purple port . . . Voila! That did the
> trick. I can now press F11 and Del and both work as
> the manual sa
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 01:53:17PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>
> *If* your motherboard has two round ports, stacked or side by side
> depending on your orientation, it's time to take another look at
> your motherboard's manual, in particular, the "Back Panel Quick
> Guide" or similar that depicts t
On Sat 26 Mar 2016 at 12:11:22 (-0400), Alan McConnell wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> >
> > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues
> > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy.
> >
> > Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ?
>
Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-26 12:11 (UTC-0400):
I am using a PS2 keyboard, I believe. A white
cable from the keyboard back into the top orifice at
the back of my standard case.
*If* your motherboard has two round ports, stacked or side by side depen
Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-26 12:11 (UTC-0400):
I am using a PS2 keyboard, I believe. A white
cable from the keyboard back into the top orifice at
the back of my standard case.
*If* your motherboard has two round ports, stacked or side by side depen
On 26 March 2016 at 16:53, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 26 March 2016 16:11:22 Alan McConnell wrote:
> > I have been told by a kind responder that my keyboard
> > is inadequate, and I should borro(buy?) a new one. Since
> > my present keyboard works fine for all purpos
On 25 March 2016 at 21:01, Alan McConnell wrote:
> First, thanks for all the responses. They fell into two classes:
> those who advised repeating tapping/pressing on either the F!!
> key or the Delete key. I've done that dozens of times, and
> received no responses. And I can't change the scr
Le 26/03/2016 17:11, Alan McConnell a écrit :
Press to run BIOS setup, or to run boot menu
(finish)
And there you have it. The last line of the excerpt
is exacly the text that appears on my screen. But
On Saturday 26 March 2016 16:11:22 Alan McConnell wrote:
> I have been told by a kind responder that my keyboard
> is inadequate, and I should borro(buy?) a new one. Since
> my present keyboard works fine for all purposes up to now,
> I don't see why my difficul
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
>
> > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues
> > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy.
>
> Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ?
No, I am using a PS2 keyboard, I believe. A white
ca
> boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues
> on with a re-boot of my old wheezy.
Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ?
I remember having the problem some time back, where a default setting of the
BIOS had to be changed to enable the BIOS to control USB.
And of course
Alan McConnell a écrit :
>
> I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To
> that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections.
> My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the
> boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues
> on with
Le 25/03/2016 23:52, Michael Fothergill a écrit :
Try this:
http://www.easyuefi.com/index-us.html
It says it can be installed on linux machines.
don't think so. It's a windows app that can also manage linux uefi
entries on nvram
(not tested with wine?)
jdd
On Friday 25 March 2016 23:31:34 Doug wrote:
> On 03/25/2016 07:16 PM, Alan McConnell wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 06:04:12PM -0400, songbird wrote:
> >>i just tried this to make sure it worked as described
> >> and it worked so i'm not sure what you didn't do correctly.
> >>
> >>when
Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-25 19:21 (UTC-0400):
When I turn on the computer, the keyboard lights up just fine.
And everything else works fine. It is just that I can't
boot from anything but my /boot, with its functioning grub.
In other words, the compu
On 03/25/2016 07:16 PM, Alan McConnell wrote:
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 06:04:12PM -0400, songbird wrote:
i just tried this to make sure it worked as described
and it worked so i'm not sure what you didn't do correctly.
when your grub boot screen flashes there will be a list
of entries to
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:44:52PM -0430, Jhon Prada wrote:
>
> HI don't waste your time with Debian explanations. Plug the keyboard and
> see if the lights are lighting. If don't, it's the keyboard that is not
> activating in the boot. Look for another keyboard or plug into another
> port and t
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 06:04:12PM -0400, songbird wrote:
>
> i just tried this to make sure it worked as described
> and it worked so i'm not sure what you didn't do correctly.
>
> when your grub boot screen flashes there will be a list
> of entries to select. the default if you haven't cha
On 25 March 2016 at 21:01, Alan McConnell wrote:
> First, thanks for all the responses. They fell into two classes:
> those who advised repeating tapping/pressing on either the F!!
> key or the Delete key. I've done that dozens of times, and
> received no responses. And I can't change the scr
El 25 mar. 2016 5:36 PM, "songbird" escribió:
>
> Alan McConnell wrote:
> ...
> > Others have suggested changing /etc/default/grub. I've tried
> > that too, and have run 'update-grub' afterward. It doesn't seem
> > to have done anything. Perhaps someone can post an example of
> > an /etc/defaul
Alan McConnell wrote:
...
> Others have suggested changing /etc/default/grub. I've tried
> that too, and have run 'update-grub' afterward. It doesn't seem
> to have done anything. Perhaps someone can post an example of
> an /etc/default/grub where the boot order is explicitly described?
i jus
First, thanks for all the responses. They fell into two classes:
those who advised repeating tapping/pressing on either the F!!
key or the Delete key. I've done that dozens of times, and
received no responses. And I can't change the screen which
asks me which kernel I want to boot. I get the t
On Thu 24 Mar 2016 at 16:44:54 (-0400), Alan McConnell wrote:
> Assembled Wisdom!
>
> I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To
> that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections.
> My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the
> boot order. No
Alan McConnell composed on 2016-03-24 16:44 (UTC-0400):
I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To
that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections.
My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the
boot order. No matter what key I press, the syst
On Thursday 24 March 2016 20:44:54 Alan McConnell wrote:
> Assembled Wisdom!
>
> I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To
> that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections.
> My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the
> boot order. No matte
Alan McConnell wrote:
> Assembled Wisdom!
>
> I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To
> that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections.
> My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the
> boot order. No matter what key I press, the system cont
On 24 March 2016 at 20:44, Alan McConnell wrote:
> Assembled Wisdom!
>
> I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To
> that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections.
> My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the
> boot order. No matter what
Greetings,
I don't have an answer to your question but maybe sharing a personal
experience will help with the problem entering bios setup. I recently
had the same issue using a wireless keyboard and discovered the system
only responded to a hardwired keyboard at that point in the boot
proces
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