Do most Linux distributions boot up and immediately recognize a USB keyboard/mouse? (That is, they work automatically without the need for any special boot parameters/options.)
If you have PS/2 ports, you should use those with your keyboard and mouse. Especially if the kb/m already have adapters for them. There is less to go wrong with the PS/2 ports than there is with USB. Some BIOSes will not recognize USB keyboards. If you have USB-to-PS/2 emulation available, and enabled in the BIOS, the USB keyboard will be translated to i8042 (PS/2) in hardware, and will appear to the BIOS, and whatever OS you load, as a standard keyboard. It is best though to physically use the PS/2 port for your PS/2-capable devices.
Actually, even that's not normally necessary. I've used some old Super 7 motherboards that required that be enabled to have the BIOS respond to the keyboard, but Linux could care less - it Just Worked. The only time when I've ever, ever found it necessary for Linux's operation to set the legacy BIOS options was when I was using an early kernel (2.4.x) and a new, somewhat eccentric keyboard that wasn't recognized. ( http://www.notestation.com/flex_keyboard.htm )
-Sean
Language/Logic Nazi Alert! As people smart enough to make computers work well, we have an obligation to not perpetuate stupid expressions.
On 9/22/07, cragos@gmail.com cragos@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, even that's not normally necessary. I've used some old Super 7 motherboards that required that be enabled to have the BIOS respond to the keyboard, but Linux could care less - it Just Worked.
Please don't use the phrase "could care less". Logically, if it could care less, then it must care some. And that's probably not what you're trying to say.
The phrase you're looking for is "couldn't care less", which is itself a cliche, which may explain why people have felt the need to rework it. If you want to anthropomorphize the Linux kernel in this manner, simply say "Linux doesn't care".
Don't say someone is "head over heels" in love, because you aren't saying anything special in noting that someone's head is over his heels. Perhaps "heels over head" evokes imagery too graphic for polite conversation; it doesn't explain this illogical expression.
While I'm at it, a slash leans forward / a BACKslash leans back \ It is not just a formal name for 'slash'. There are NO backslashes in Uniform Resource Locators/Identifiers.
The name for the little star * is "asterisk", (literally meaning "little star") which is pronounced /as' tǝr isk/, not /as' tǝr ik/ or /as' tǝr iks/.
A colon is one dot above another dot : A semi-colon is a dot above a comma ;
AND STAY OFF MY LAWN!
Oi.
Or I was using a colloquial expression that is not common in my distant home country of Illinois?
Bigot. Bet you're voting Hilary too.
/me ducks
On 9/22/07, Monty J. Harder mjharder@gmail.com wrote:
Language/Logic Nazi Alert! As people smart enough to make computers work well, we have an obligation to not perpetuate stupid expressions.
On 9/22/07, cragos@gmail.com cragos@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, even that's not normally necessary. I've used some old Super 7 motherboards that required that be enabled to have the BIOS respond to the keyboard, but Linux could care less - it Just Worked.
Please don't use the phrase "could care less". Logically, if it could care less, then it must care some. And that's probably not what you're trying to say.
The phrase you're looking for is "couldn't care less", which is itself a cliche, which may explain why people have felt the need to rework it. If you want to anthropomorphize the Linux kernel in this manner, simply say "Linux doesn't care".
Don't say someone is "head over heels" in love, because you aren't saying anything special in noting that someone's head is over his heels. Perhaps "heels over head" evokes imagery too graphic for polite conversation; it doesn't explain this illogical expression.
While I'm at it, a slash leans forward / a BACKslash leans back \ It is not just a formal name for 'slash'. There are NO backslashes in Uniform Resource Locators/Identifiers.
The name for the little star * is "asterisk", (literally meaning "little star") which is pronounced /as' tǝr isk/, not /as' tǝr ik/ or /as' tǝr iks/. A colon is one dot above another dot : A semi-colon is a dot above a comma ;
AND STAY OFF MY LAWN!
By the way, flame wars = bad, and nobody can "hate" Illinois and their noble residents, unless they drove through it over Labor Day this year. Completely off-topic, but drove through my home state and counted over a hundred highway patrolmen between St. Louis and Chicago.
-Sean
On 9/22/07, cragos@gmail.com cragos@gmail.com wrote:
Oi.
Or I was using a colloquial expression that is not common in my distant home country of Illinois?
Bigot. Bet you're voting Hilary too.
/me ducks
On 9/22/07, Monty J. Harder mjharder@gmail.com wrote:
Language/Logic Nazi Alert! As people smart enough to make computers work well, we have an obligation to not perpetuate stupid expressions.
On 9/22/07, cragos@gmail.com cragos@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, even that's not normally necessary. I've used some old Super 7 motherboards that required that be enabled to have the BIOS respond to the keyboard, but Linux could care less - it Just Worked.
Please don't use the phrase "could care less". Logically, if it could care less, then it must care some. And that's probably not what you're trying to say.
The phrase you're looking for is "couldn't care less", which is itself a cliche, which may explain why people have felt the need to rework it. If you want to anthropomorphize the Linux kernel in this manner, simply say "Linux doesn't care".
Don't say someone is "head over heels" in love, because you aren't saying anything special in noting that someone's head is over his heels. Perhaps "heels over head" evokes imagery too graphic for polite conversation; it doesn't explain this illogical expression.
While I'm at it, a slash leans forward / a BACKslash leans back \ It is not just a formal name for 'slash'. There are NO backslashes in Uniform Resource Locators/Identifiers.
The name for the little star * is "asterisk", (literally meaning "little star") which is pronounced /as' tǝr isk/, not /as' tǝr ik/ or /as' tǝr iks/. A colon is one dot above another dot : A semi-colon is a dot above a comma ;
AND STAY OFF MY LAWN!
While I agree with most of your statements (the "Could Care Less" one is actually a pet peve of mine (Forgive my spelling! It's late!))...
On 9/22/07, Monty J. Harder mjharder@gmail.com wrote:
Don't say someone is "head over heels" in love, because you aren't saying anything special in noting that someone's head is over his heels. Perhaps "heels over head" evokes imagery too graphic for polite conversation; it doesn't explain this illogical expression.
Though, literally this doesn't make absolute sense, it does give the impression of someone who has started to fall, spinning in mid air. Heels-over-head, to head-over-heels, and so on.
It is interesting to note that it originated as Heels-over-Head, so from that standpoint you are correct.
"'Head over heels' is a good example of how language can communicate meaning even when it makes no literal sense. After all, our head is normally over our heels. The phrase originated in the 14th century as 'heels over head', meaning doing a cartwheel or somersault."
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