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Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> writes: |
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> On 17/12/2010, at 1:41am, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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>> Somewhere back down the road... mnths now, I lost the ability to talk |
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>> to the boot screen from my KVM connected keyboard. |
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>> What I mean is, when gentoo starts to boot and reaches the grub |
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>> screen... It does not see my keyboard yet. |
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>> Once booted and login prompt is up (I boot to console mode) the |
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>> keyboard now is recognized. |
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>> There was a time when the keyboard was recognized throughout, so |
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>> something changed in grub or I'm not sure what... but this happens |
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>> before the kernel is booted. |
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> I'll refresh your memory: |
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> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/190909 |
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> There are unresolved posts in that thread - you haven't returned to |
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> the list and said "yeah, I tried this and the result was ____". |
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> Please post back when you have checked the BIOS settings for HID devices. |
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Thanks for the memory boost, you are a very patient fellow... I |
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appreciate it greatly on this end. |
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I can access the bios with no problem. And in So doing, and after |
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sorting thru the bios listings a while I found the `legacy' switch for |
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usb that can be toggled... pointed out in your posts on that previous |
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thread. |
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However since I can access the bios thru the KVM switch, shouldn't |
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that mean I should be also able to access the grub prompt? |
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At any rate, even though I don't understand why it should help I tried |
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enabling the legacy switch (It had been disabled). And I'll be |
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dammed if it didn't fix my problem... |
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Had I not lost track of that earlier thread..... All the ingredients |
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necessary to stop my suffering were available there. Both you and |
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Mike K, gave me all the suggestions needed to get straightened out. |
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Thanks to you both .. and now able to access the grub prompt thru my |
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KVM. |
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ps - You were bragging about the abilities of you KVM switch in the |
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past thread... I didn't see it mentioned what switch that is. |
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Also you mentioned accessing your KVM with a web browser... can you |
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enlarge a few details on that? |
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