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On Fri 18 Feb 2022 at 18:37:01 (-0800), Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb, 2022 at 9:11 PM, David Wright <
deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri 18 Feb 2022 at 19:48:40 (-0500), Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> > That presents a detail that's not clear on Gene's case. Is the
> > computer just stopping and standing at that screen,
>
> Exactly — and if it does, what's printed, and are you aware of
> anything that might be missing. Or does it reboot. Or is it still
> running, but writing to one of the many serial connections?
>
> > or is it shutting
> > off? Mine shuts off.
>
> And mine stops, period.
Adding "period" is no help. "Stop", on its own, is just so ambiguous.
What exactly stops, the process — or the computer.
In real life, we use the circumstances to decide on the meaning.
If I reported that I "stopped the car" because I saw a ball rolling
into the road, you'd assume I didn't cut the engine. If I said it
was because I saw a dust-devil barrelling down the road, you'd
assume I stopped both the car and engine.
> keyboard dead after reporting its there if I touch a key. once.
Again, I have no idea what this means. None of my keyboards has
ever reported anything, to my knowledge.
> No further response to anything but the reset button on the front of this huge tower.
>
> Theory is its looking for brltty and will not proceed without it. So until that linkage is found and removed, I can't reboot w/o doing yet another install right now.
>
> It has to be removed entirely before I can reboot again.
Ah, is this because you nuked it (whatever we understand by
the term "nuked")?
If your machine is utterly unable to avoid installing it, perhaps
you'll have to read its documentation in a little more depth and
learn how to prevent it from finding a device to talk to.
Or can you blacklist the snd modules? What do you use sound for
on this computer? Is it essential for its task, which I assume
is something to do with a lathe? Or are you still playing videos,
logging in to your bank, and machining stuff, all on the same
computer? (I realise that's a loaded question.)
Cheers,
David.
yes. Just not all at the same time.
Since last post, I found the install logs, and BRLTTY is listed in the hardware file, as if its a mobo feature. And reading the DIY Guid from Asus, there is a tools menu where some stiff that is not list, can be controlled so the next time it forces me to reboot I will check that menu. There is not any mention of brltty in the whole 100+ pages of the book. But its listed like this in the hardware-resources file: