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Re: Vendor power-on button
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko |
Subject: |
Re: Vendor power-on button |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:28:04 +0200 |
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On 06/20/2010 06:52 AM, Paul Vojta wrote:
> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 02:31:05PM +0200, Vladimir '??-coder/phcoder'
> Serbinenko wrote:
>
>> Hello, all. I've just merged vendor power-on button support into
>> mainline. Here is extract from manual:
>>
> [snip]
>
>
>> If you have a laptop which has a similar feature could you figure your
>> address and contribute?
>>
> I have a Dell XPS M1330, and GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_ADDRESS=85:3 works also for me.
>
> However, I do have one question.
>
> I have it set up now to boot directly into Linux when I use the main power-on
> button, and I use the auxiliary button to get a boot menu, defaulting
> to Windows. But when I boot Windows using that button, it starts up
> a MediaDirect setup screen (in addition to regular Windows). Would it be
> possible to (optionally) clear the vendor power-on button bit in the
> cmos before booting?
>
Please try the attached patch. And add:
GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_CLEAN=yes
> --Paul Vojta, address@hidden
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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