Impossible to access boot menu

[Aioanei Rares]

On 11/02/2009 03:52 PM, Mike Cloaked wrote:
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> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
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>> Marcel Rieux wrote:
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>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Mikkel<mikkel at infinity-ltd.com>  wrote:
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>>>> Marcel Rieux wrote:
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>> You do not need legacy support for the PS2 keyboard. (The round
>>>> plug.) Legacy support makes a USB keyboard look like a PS2 keyboard
>>>> to the system. The fact that you had a USB keyboard when you
>>>> installed should not make a difference.
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> Here is an interesting problem that links with this thread.
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> I have one machine that is around 6 years old on which I have f11 working
> perfectly well (previously it was f10 ) but one issue still remains.
> Plugged into a rear usb port is the sender for a radio mouse. The mouse has
> newish batteries and works fine with everything running and powered up.
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> However if i power the machine off, and then restart the machine (Dell
> Dimension 2400 desktop) the screen is unresponsive to the mouse movement or
> buttons unless I unplug the radio sender that is plugged into the usb port,
> and reconnect it.  Immediately the mouse then works as normal!!  I seem to
> remember that this was the case when I installed f11 also - in that I booted
> the install media and the mouse failed to respond at the graphical install
> stage until I unplugged and replugged the radio sender.  Is it likely that
> this is a BIOS setting issue as well?
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Less likely, better check your /var/log/messages file for something related.