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 1Pny6A-0002SW-Nl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:52:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 780C9E0B0D; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:50:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20335E0B0D for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:50:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwg12 with SMTP id 12so4792122bwg.40 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:50:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:from:to:subject:date:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type; bh=T0X+8PT/v6N1U1nkAlro8+Nvd2ldc9Fct/OK1f438UA=; b=MSVKIDl29SPw1L4vh7beXYxoLCgKCbBqquc08Qm+Tpr93sKD1Irzmfg0Vs0/L6mnuQ slvKdsqMVH8AW/T1iDM7OTcbS/dtMRFDWHLFLIPUs98WSFAtwqRe/idn1JQqpMXn72Ck B/ZbT9RvhopI6s1pCmyfeb51WpPjupfyzVl3Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; b=ux4BCrSl2w4JCImy8FJdKMvggekb+w343Yzp+YOuvMUFSYXmZybELSfwM7qPc42FxD Un3cSYz5cWtQlS+OVFmt7J7e8KbXD/I8KlULFmPT674qhkCLzT3HdpPOEb+xgQr/OzwX 8r8XwbdgaMAlSvA+s6n6rY1HTfmk/LC4fEOGg= Received: by 10.204.114.148 with SMTP id e20mr9675463bkq.168.1297450236203; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:50:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from energy.localnet (p4FC749C3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.199.73.195]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm685773bki.7.2011.02.11.10.50.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:50:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4d5584f8.4c02cc0a.1d51.4e8f@mx.google.com> From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2->USB-Keyboard and the BIOS Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:50:29 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/4.6 beta4 (Linux/2.6.36.3r4; KDE/4.6.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <20110211175939.GD7328@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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 872432fe0e5d76ddf8e7e07a95978c17 On Friday 11 February 2011 18:59:39 meino.cramer@gmx.de 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? > > Thank you very much for any help in advance! > Have a nice weekend! > Best regards, > mcc go into bios, turn on legacy support. Btw, are there no ps/2 ports? Oh - and using a 'pure' usb keyboard for entering bios might be needed.