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
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:
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> 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
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