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On Saturday, 6 June 2020 17:05:13 BST Jack wrote: |
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> On 6/6/20 12:01 PM, jdm wrote: |
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> > I have had to use the Gentoo Minimal Installation Cd to rescue my |
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> > system due something going wrong with UEFI boot crazyness. Which is |
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> > resolved now. |
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> > What I have noticed is that you can use a mouse and copy/paste at the |
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> > command prompt in what looks like framebuffer/tty session or whatever |
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> > that is called before you get GUI desktop. |
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> > Anyone know how this magic is done? It's well cool. |
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> sys-libs/gpm perhaps? |
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I thought he was asking about the UEFI kernel-choice screen, long before Linux |
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gets a sniff at the machine. I assume it's in the UEFI code in the ROM. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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