Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: >> However since I can access the bios thru the KVM switch, shouldn't >> that mean I should be also able to access the grub prompt? > > I think that basically GRUB does not have USB HID drivers to know how > to talk to your keyboard directly, so the Legacy/DOS/whatever mode in > your BIOS makes the BIOS emulate a standard PS/2 keyboard from your > USB keyboard. AFAIK. :)
OK, and that jibes right in with the start of my troubles, now possibly over a yr when it started... I had been using a ps/2 kvm. I bet the switch to usb kvm was the beginning of the trouble. From what you said, I'm thinking the fact that the old KVM was ps/2 would mean that was how grub worked with it. Grub is a very ancient program ... though I recall when linux users relied on lilo. But it seems development on grub has stalled quite some time ago.
