Messages in this thread | | | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: rebooting | Date | Sun, 22 Sep 1996 14:29:41 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Hi,
> I've seen this problem before.. what I think is wrong with your computer > is your keyboard. Don't laugh, from what I've heard Linux does the reboot > stuff by praying to the keyboard controller to issue an interrupt(or > something like that) - some keyboards just won't do it. Try with another one.
AFAIK the keyboard controller in question is _not_ the chip in the keyboard, but another one on the motherboard which communicates with the keyboard (usually an 8042 microcontroller).
Martin
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