[syslinux] Debian bug#604245: Syslinux fails (does not receive key presses on Sony vaio Z12C5E)

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/21/2010 12:31 PM, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>                Hi,
> 
> Does this report ring a bell here?  I didn't check, but the image should
> carry an isohybridized 4.02 version of isolinux.  The working (lenny)
> version is 3.71.
> 
> Thanks,
> Feri.

This often happens when the BIOS doesn't have "USB legacy" enabled to do
USB keyboard support from the boot environment; another possibility is
that the USB keyboard driver and the USB storage driver in the BIOS
conflict with each other.

Not very specific, I'm afraid...

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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