On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:18:41 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Camaleón wrote:
(...) >>> Anyone venture an explanation? >> >> You mean that although you have that option turned off in the BIOS you >> can still start your computer -from a cold state, not from suspension >> nor hibernation- when you hit the space bar? And just the space bar or >> any key? >> >> It could be a BIOS problem, then. Have you contacted Asus for this? >> >> > I "always" during the last couple of months power off with 'acpitool > -S'. *** -S suspend (sleep state S4), if supported *** Then you are not powering off the computer but hibernating. > BIOS Power on by PS/2 Keyboard is disabled. Then power is turned off on > the system. Okay. > Turn power back on, hit the space bar, and the system comes back up. > Grub-legacy shows its menu and I select the partition that was running > and that has 'resume=LABEL=6Y080P0.05'. That loads everything from the > swap space and resumes. It looks like you are getting into hibernation instead of performing a full power off but anyway, AFAIK restoring from hibernation can be only done from power button, not from keyboard :-? > I have not tried other keys, but next time around I will. Yes, and also try to completely shutdown the machine and then press the space bar to see what happens. Computer should not start. > I have not asked Asus because I am afraid they will ask what version > windows I have installed. Well, this is a BIOS issue more that a OS problem. > This mobo has a weird feature: you can select 'express gate' and get > access to a linux O/S that gets you access to "the internet and skype". > I have it disabled and never have tried that. I fear all of those new settings... I also prefer to keep the old-and- well-known options for the BIOS that have been working since decades and keep the rest disabled :-} Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.07.23.16.53...@gmail.com
