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On 11/02/2009 03:52 PM, Mike Cloaked wrote:
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Mikkelmik...@infinity-ltd.com wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
Oh, oh! I had a USB keyboard when I installed but I now have a
keyboard with a
Aioanei Rares schaiba at gmail.com writes:
Less likely, better check your /var/log/messages file for something related.
Well I just switched off the machine in question and booted from a cold start.
The problem that was there consistently in the past seems to have gone away.
The mouse now
On 11/02/2009 05:53 PM, Mike Cloaked wrote:
Aioanei Raresschaibaat gmail.com writes:
Less likely, better check your /var/log/messages file for something related.
Well I just switched off the machine in question and booted from a cold start.
The problem that was there consistently
Aioanei Rares schaiba at gmail.com writes:
It is often a good idea to reboot after important updates...
Of course and indeed I HAD rebooted after each set of updates - the difference
is
that if you power off and reboot then there is hardware resetting that is
different to rebooting but
On 11/02/2009 06:13 PM, Mike Cloaked wrote:
Aioanei Raresschaibaat gmail.com writes:
It is often a good idea to reboot after important updates...
Of course and indeed I HAD rebooted after each set of updates - the difference
is
that if you power off and reboot then there is
Aioanei Rares schaiba at gmail.com writes:
Please explain what do you mean by 'different effect' and how is the hw
reset by rebooting vs cold boot
OK - when I first came across this problem - it was when I shutdown the machine
i.e. to the point where the machine was powered off.
a) then
Aioanei Rares wrote:
Please explain what do you mean by 'different effect' and how is the hw
reset by rebooting vs cold boot
Depending on the hardware, it may retaining settings during a
reboot, but not when you power off the machine, and then power it up
again. This can sometimes cause
Mikkel mikkel at infinity-ltd.com writes:
Depending on the hardware, it may retaining settings during a
reboot, but not when you power off the machine, and then power it up
again. This can sometimes cause strange problems. This is especially
true when booting a different operating system with
On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 16:29 +, Mike Cloaked wrote:
Aioanei Rares schaiba at gmail.com writes:
Please explain what do you mean by 'different effect' and how is the hw
reset by rebooting vs cold boot
OK - when I first came across this problem - it was when I shutdown the
Marcel Rieux wrote:
Oh, oh! I had a USB keyboard when I installed but I now have a
keyboard with a round plug. So, I tried to enable legacy support as
Mikkel suggested, but I can't access the BIOS.
You do not need legacy support for the PS2 keyboard. (The round
plug.) Legacy support makes a
On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 19:01 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote:
I try to access the boot menu, where you can choose a kernel and,
whatever key I press, I can't stop the countdown and access the boot
menu.
I checked /boot/grub/grub.conf and I have hiddenmenu in it. But the
back-up,
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Mikkel mik...@infinity-ltd.com wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
Oh, oh! I had a USB keyboard when I installed but I now have a
keyboard with a round plug. So, I tried to enable legacy support as
Mikkel suggested, but I can't access the BIOS.
You do not need legacy
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Aaron Konstam akons...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
What is the value of timeout in grub.conf?
Arrrgh! 10 sec. If I can see the countdown, it's because it's long
enough. There's always at least 4-5 sec. left on the counter when it
appears.
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On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Aaron Konstam akons...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
What is the value of timeout in grub.conf?
Arrrgh! 10 sec. If I can see the countdown, it's because it's long
enough. There's always at least
And, if I may add, if I can't access the boot menu, it can't have much
to do with Fedora.
I meant if I can't access the BIOS.
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Marcel Rieux wrote:
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Mikkel mik...@infinity-ltd.com wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
Oh, oh! I had a USB keyboard when I installed but I now have a
keyboard with a round plug. So, I tried to enable legacy support as
Mikkel suggested, but I can't access the BIOS.
You
I try to access the boot menu, where you can choose a kernel and,
whatever key I press, I can't stop the countdown and access the boot
menu.
I checked /boot/grub/grub.conf and I have hiddenmenu in it. But the
back-up, /boot/grub/grub.conf~ dates back to August and has hiddenmenu
in it too. Since
Marcel Rieux wrote:
I try to access the boot menu, where you can choose a kernel and,
whatever key I press, I can't stop the countdown and access the boot
menu.
I checked /boot/grub/grub.conf and I have hiddenmenu in it. But the
back-up, /boot/grub/grub.conf~ dates back to August and has
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
I try to access the boot menu, where you can choose a kernel and,
whatever key I press, I can't stop the countdown and access the boot
menu.
The timeout=0 starts the boot process without delay.
Marcel Rieux wrote:
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
I try to access the boot menu, where you can choose a kernel and,
whatever key I press, I can't stop the countdown and access the boot
menu.
The
On Saturday 31 October 2009 05:38 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Ed Greshkoed.gres...@greshko.com wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
I try to access the boot menu, where you can choose a kernel and,
whatever key I press, I can't stop the countdown and
Marcel Rieux wrote:
I try to access the boot menu, where you can choose a kernel and,
whatever key I press, I can't stop the countdown and access the boot
menu.
I checked /boot/grub/grub.conf and I have hiddenmenu in it. But the
back-up, /boot/grub/grub.conf~ dates back to August and has
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
Also an answer to Suvayu Ali and Mikkel.
Do you have a USB keyboard?
Oh, oh! I had a USB keyboard
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