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Changes by: Donny Callego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed 11/19/2003 at 19:22 (GMT) ------------------ Additional Follow-up Comments ---------------------------- I tried something. On a board with Phoenix BIOS and Legacy USB support enabled, I plugged both a USB kbd and a PS/2 kbd and booted up. I pressed up and down on the USB kbd but grub didn't respond until i pressed another key on the PS/2 keyboard and i noticed that the highlighted kernel on the grub screen changed according to up/down keypresses on the USB kbd, as if the keyboard buffer was finally processed. perhaps there's something about the interrupt handling in the bios or grub? =================== BUG #539: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT =================== Submitted by: apostoly Project: GNU GRUB Submitted on: Tue 06/04/2002 at 10:21 Category: Booting Severity: Critical Priority: None Bug Group: None Resolution: None Assigned to: None Originator Name: Originator Email: Status: Open Release: 0.90 Reproducibility: Every Time Planned Release: Summary: No support for USB KeyBoards !! Original Submission: When configuring GRUB with an USB keyboard, i'm enable to select the OS I want to boot, since the keyboard doesn't work at all. (after booting, in linux, or windows, this is ok) Lots of people seem to have this problem. I didn't found solutions on the net. Thanks by advance for your help. Follow-up Comments ******************* ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed 11/19/2003 at 19:22 By: dcallego I tried something. On a board with Phoenix BIOS and Legacy USB support enabled, I plugged both a USB kbd and a PS/2 kbd and booted up. I pressed up and down on the USB kbd but grub didn't respond until i pressed another key on the PS/2 keyboard and i noticed that the highlighted kernel on the grub screen changed according to up/down keypresses on the USB kbd, as if the keyboard buffer was finally processed. perhaps there's something about the interrupt handling in the bios or grub? ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue 05/20/2003 at 02:22 By: None some BIOSes have an option to enable legacy support for usb keyboards. Would this allow grub to recognize a usb keyboard. I know this post is mainly about non-legacy support but this might be a fix.... ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat 09/07/2002 at 08:08 By: apostoly Sorry for the delay of testing. I get married and started a new job ... my apologize. Just to say that you may close the bug, the patch below worked for me : http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-grub/2002-May/007203.html Still, could you update the gentoo distribution with this patch, or should I do it for you ? ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu 08/29/2002 at 21:25 By: None The A20 patch works for me, as well. We will still need to get some sort of usb support natively, though. Is is possible to fit enough usb support into grub to get keyboard support? ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat 06/15/2002 at 04:17 By: None my bios has a dos usb function and it makes my usb keyboard to work in grub, but it also makes my usb mouse to cause an oops in the kernel so its no really useful ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed 06/12/2002 at 18:32 By: okuji http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-grub/2002-May/007203.html I also have another patch. See the bug whose id is 509, for more information. If you cannot find out my patch and you are interested in it, let me know. Thanks, Okuji ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed 06/12/2002 at 18:23 By: apostoly Wich patch must I test ??? ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed 06/12/2002 at 17:12 By: okuji Have you tested the patch? What was the result? Okuji ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed 06/12/2002 at 14:50 By: None BIOSes that don't do A20 right appear to be real common and since many newer computers only have a USB keyboard this needs to be given the highest priority. There was a patch posted to the mailing list that dealt with the A20 and USB problem, what is the status of that patch? ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun 06/09/2002 at 18:58 By: None Just wanted to add "me too". I am having this problem on a Abit NV7m motherboard, running the latest bios: 6Q. thanks ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed 06/05/2002 at 00:25 By: apostoly Here's my config: IBM Netvista (a "Tower" computer) with Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 for IBM Netvista. I've got an USB Keyboard connected (only, this, no other keyboard). Using LILO, i don't have the problem. I can try stuffs if you want (and if i don't completly loose my MBR ;) ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue 06/04/2002 at 21:39 By: apostoly Yes my BIOS supports USB keyboards ! And i've checked everything in the bios (it's a pretty cool one) and everything seems to be ok... Perhaps USB support isn't simply implemented in grub ?? ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue 06/04/2002 at 14:48 By: okuji Does your BIOS support a USB keyboard? Okuji CC list is empty No files currently attached For detailed info, follow this link: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=539&group_id=68 _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
