daniel g. siegel wrote:
> to cite the refit-guys:
>
> Problem: The keyboard doesn’t work at the LILO prompt or after booting
> from a Windows installation disk.
>
> Solution: This is a bug in Apple’s firmware. There is nothing rEFIt
> could do about this.
>
> So far the only reports are from MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo models, but
> other Core 2 Duo models may be affected as well. Usually the keyboard
> works on some boots, but not every time. So the workaround is to reboot
> and try again.
>
> -> http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c4s3_keyboard.html
Well, in my experience the work/not ratio is somewhere between 1/5
(current MBP C2D) and 1/10 (previous). That much extra rebooting is
pretty bad IMHO.
What I'd like to know is how come the refit menu works but then
lilo/grub doesn't. Obviously refit has found a way to get it to work, so
isn't it then likely that there should be a similar way to either make
it work in lilo/grub or to fiddle whatever is wrong before handing over
to lilo/grub?
Presumably this has to do with some kind of legacy keyboard emulation of
the builtin USB keybord? I know the keyboard is different (have not got
the usb scan handy, but I compared them when I had access to a MBP C1D).
Mine says:
# lsusb -v
[...]
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x05ac Apple Computer, Inc.
idProduct 0x021b
bcdDevice 0.13
iManufacturer 1 Apple Computer
iProduct 2 Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
iSerial 0
[...]
The "idProduct" on the C1D was somewhat lower. Can anyone confirm?
/ Jonas
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