[syslinux] Dell Optiplex GX620 keyboard problem

[Jeffrey Hutzelman]

--On Monday, January 26, 2009 11:21:39 AM -0800 "H. Peter Anvin" 
<hpa at zytor.com> wrote:

> JOURDAIN Joris 031398 NEURONES wrote:
>>
>> BTW, Is that nice vesamenu.c32 stuff a so called "com32 program or
>> something that switches to protected mode such as memdisk" ?
>> Because if it is, then I know that it's where my problem comes from :
>> we use it.
>>
>
> Yes, all .c32 programs are.
>
> The reason he listed 3.62 is that as of version 3.62, syslinux *always*
> goes into protected mode -- this was necessary to support unlimited
> labels.  Hence for newer versions, this affects everyone, not just
> people who use the menu system.
>
>> I had noticed on another boot server I manage, but on which the menu
>> isn't used, that I couldn't reproduce this keyboard problem (although
>> syslinux version is also  3.31-4 from debain etch) which leads me to
>> the conclusion that it's indeed related to the menu.
>>
>> I'll try to upgrade syslinux to the "3.71+dfsg-5" from testing, and if
>> it still doesn't work, I guess I'll have to give up this nice menu ;-(
>
> Again, as far as I know, it was fixed in 3.70.  If it *isn't*, I
> *really* want to know!

Give me a few minutes; I'll pull a GX620 off the shelf, put A11 on it, and 
try 3.73.

-- Jeff