[syslinux] USB keyboard not working? (* Help needed *)

[Anssi Kolehmainen]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 06:36:30AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Anssi Kolehmainen wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 04:59:08PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >> Are there anyone who has a machine on which the *current* version of 
> >> SYSLINUX ends up with an inoperable USB keyboard, especially when using 
> >> the menu system?
> > 
> > At home I have a Abit AB9 Pro motherboard which behaves something like
> > that. In BIOS usb kbd works fine, but not in grub. (With "Legacy USB" or
> > something like that it works in grub). I haven't tested syslinux but
> > what different would grub do :)
> 
> Well, you will need to enable "Legacy USB" for *any* of these to work.

On (all) other systems they work just fine with "standard" USB. Maybe I
have been just lucky to get working systems :)

Also when I turned on legacy USB then linux kernel startup would hang
somewhere around PS/2 probing. Might be fixed now in kernel/bios updates
but I haven't tested.

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Anssi Kolehmainen
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