On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 01:53:17PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>
> *If* your motherboard has two round ports, stacked or side by side
> depending on your orientation, it's time to take another look at
> your motherboard's manual, in particular, the "Back Panel Quick
> Guide" or similar that depicts the rear view of the ports. You
> should see labels on the left end for the round PS/2 ports. The
> upper is for a mouse. The lower is for the keyboard. The actual
> mouse port should be green in color, the keyboard port purple.
Yes. My keyboard was plugged into the _green_ port. (my
mouse is elsewhere). So I shut down, changed my keyboard
cord to the purple port . . . Voila! That did the
trick. I can now press F11 and Del and both work as
the manual says they should. Even the mouse, to my surprise,
makes its appearance.
Mr Miata(should I write Signor? or Senor?), many thanks!
and I congratulate(and envy!) you for being so perceptive.
And I thank all the rest of the debian-user membership
for being patient with me, and also thanks to those of you
who concerned youselves with this problem. It seems to me
that it wasn't an obvious problem given that so many
erroneous suggestions were made. I think it fortunate
that this E-list contains an expert of the quality of
Mr Mieta.
Best wishes,
Alan
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"It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy
to be substantially true." (Sophia Loren)
