Re: [ubuntu-uk] PS/2 port detection

2010-12-11 Thread Avi Greenbury
Jacob Mansfield wrote: > this *could* be as simple to fix as shoving a resistor into the > socket. Jacob Mansfield > Programmer It's a 5KOhm one between pins 1 and 5 apparently: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/faq-emporium/62621-faq-fooling-pc-think-keyboard-plugged.html But I'd go with the Bio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PS/2 port detection

2010-12-11 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 23:07 +, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > not strictly Ubuntu but would anybody be able to explain how the BIOS > detects PS/2 devices. I'm setting up a media center PC with no > keyboard and keep getting stuck with a 'no keyboard detected, press F1 > to continue' message, dependi

[ubuntu-uk] PS/2 port detection

2010-12-11 Thread Jacob Mansfield
not strictly Ubuntu but would anybody be able to explain how the BIOS detects PS/2 devices. I'm setting up a media center PC with no keyboard and keep getting stuck with a 'no keyboard detected, press F1 to continue' message, depending on how the devices are connected this *could* be as simple to f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: WikiLeaks: Stop the crackdown - incredible response!

2010-12-11 Thread Avi Greenbury
At the risk of nit-picking Jacob Mansfield wrote: > > *Reasonable people can disagree* on whether WikiLeaks and the > > leading newspapers it's partnered with are releasing more > > information than the public should see. Whether the releases > > undermine diplomatic confidentiality and whether t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] connecting to secure network in University

2010-12-11 Thread Graham Smith
Tim Are you by any chance trying to connect to an eduroam network? If so, you > may find the instructions at this Cambridge university website helpful: > http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/wireless/eduroam/configuring-ubuntu10.04.html > Thanks, I'm not trying to log onto eduroam, but these instructions are