-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 07:56:32AM +0100, Pierre Couderc wrote: > > > On 02/01/2017 02:28 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:20:29 +0100 Pierre Couderc <pie...@couderc.eu> > >wrote:
[...] > >>Thank you Patrick, but it is not a hardware problem. > >Try it anyway. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. > > > >The reason I suggested it was years ago I had the same problem -- old > >computer, modern USB keyboard [...] > Well, this is not my problem, as the USB keyboard works for Windows > AND in the BIOS ! > Anyway, you are right, I shall try that (if I can find an old PS2 > keyboard !) in case it solves the problem without further searching > : this computer is a gift to an non profit association. > But, I do not like to not understand ! Again: nobody is suggesting it's a hardware problem. Just that we suspect that you *can* convince your BIOS to "simulate" a traditional keyboard, just for GRUB. Once the full linux is up and running, USB is not that much of a problem. So the questions there ("BIOS?", "PS/2 interface?") are not because people here don't know what they are doing, but rather to get a feeling on what kind of machine we have. Machines having USB *and* PS/2 keyboard interface almost surely have a way to set "legacy peripherals" in BIOS (this was the transition period) *except* the very first ones. But if the BIOS itself works with USB, then... nearly sure. But if you want to know, here are some links for you: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2226621 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/60177 http://askubuntu.com/questions/423036/grub-not-responding-to-keyboard http://askubuntu.com/questions/59372/grub-loader-and-usb-keyboard https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-grub@gnu.org/msg05653.html http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/usb-keyboard-not-working-no-bios-no-grub-menu-selection-4175518913/ http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/grub-and-usb-keyboards-432135-print/ https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2269776 Enjoy :-) - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAliRsaMACgkQBcgs9XrR2kaJNgCfaFq82sUfXuH3cADkeQ/mAWCW cDEAn3O2PlhgcUocOUBtWpYrtKUtcta8 =nB0Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----