Re: Impossible to access boot menu

[Aaron Konstam]

On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 16:29 +0000, Mike Cloaked wrote: 
>  Aioanei Rares <schaiba <at> gmail.com> writes:
>   
>  > Please explain what do you mean by 'different effect' and how is the hw 
>  > reset by rebooting vs cold boot
>  > 
>  
>  OK - when I first came across this problem - it was when I shutdown the machine
>  i.e. to the point where the machine was powered off.
>  
>  a) then if I pushed the power button on the computer to boot it, then nothing
>  I did would allow the mouse input to be recognised
>  both at the kdm greeter, and if I then used keyboard input alone to log in, 
>  then also in the logged in gnome desktop the mouse was not recognised.
>  
>  b) However, if I then pulled out the usb plug for the mouse sender, and plugged 
>  it back in then the mouse input was recognised properly.
>  
>  c) If at that point I selected reboot from the logged in desktop, then after 
>  rebooting, the mouse would be recognised at both the kdm greeter screen and
>  also at the logged in desktop. This reboot keeps the power on and the fans
>  running during the shutdown and subsequent reboot. 
Are you sure that during a
reboot the power is not interrupted briefly.
How would you detect the fans loosing power for a few miliseconds? 
>  
>  If at that point I shutdown and powered off.  Then pushed the power button to 
>  start the machine then I would be back to a) above
>  
>  
>   
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