From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PnxwV-0001EP-HW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:42:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 90DCB1C06B; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:39:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 112EF1C06B for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:39:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 11 Feb 2011 18:39:19 -0000 Received: from p548509B2.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.9.178] by mail.gmx.net (mp060) with SMTP; 11 Feb 2011 19:39:19 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+skJUWYjOsRHC2oV1DR/vcJroOKXfSI/LJ07mzuK 6pctDYCssL+h52 Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:39:42 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:39:41 +0100 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2->USB-Keyboard and the BIOS Message-ID: <20110211183941.GE7328@solfire> References: <20110211175939.GD7328@solfire> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: e4cacf1ce666ab70cc814f21a62b7d47 Paul Hartman [11-02-11 19:24]: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:59 AM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem here...(as you may have already guessed...;) > > > > I have an old PS/2 keyboard, which I do love a lot. This PS/2- > > keyboard is connected via a Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter > > to an USB-port of my ASUS Corsshair IV formula board. > > > > When Linux is running I have not a single problem with this setup... > > BUT entering the bootselector via F8 while BIOS is coming up is > > to 99% impossible. I managed that only once. > > On the other hand: Entering BIOS with F1 is not simple and often > > requires several boots, but it is possible. > > > > What can I do to make F8/the bootselector work? > > At my job we have some Dell computers, where the USB keyboard doesn't > respond for more than 1 minute after the machine boots UNLESS it is > plugged into a specific USB port. So maybe you can try to use > different ports, just in case it's a similar problem. > Hi Paul, Thanks for your reply ! ...oh! Do you know, how many USB ports that board has? ;) :) I think the next two days I will reboot day and night ;) Have a nice weekend! mcc