[syslinux] pxelinux 4.04 - keyboard not working?

[Per Jessen]

Per Jessen wrote:

> Gene Cumm wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 22, 2011 5:03 AM, "Per Jessen" <per at computer.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Gene Cumm wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 06:09, Per Jessen <per at computer.org>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> I tried moving up to 4.04 this weekend - seemed to work fine,
>>> >> except that the keyboard didn't work (for selecting what to
>>> >> boot). I went
>>> >> back to 3.86 instead, which worked fine.  Anything special about
>>> >> 4.04 in this respect?
>>> >
>>> > Nope.
>>> >
>>> > 1) Could you describe the hardware?  Make/model and BIOS revision?
>>>
>>> HP DL380G3, bios P29.  PS/2 keyboard.
>> 
>> Thanks.  I've seen issues occasionally with USB devices on specific
>> machines.  I presume the latest BIOS rev?
> 
> I haven't checked, but I'm pretty certain that box was upgraded long
> ago.
> 
>>> > 2) Are you using (vesa)menu.c32 at all?  If so, have you tried
>>> > without?
>>>
>>> No menus, just plain text with a one line prompt.
>> 
>> I presume no directive that changes the behavior like SERIAL or
>> CONSOLE?
>  > Enabled console redirection over serial in the BIOS?  Using the
>> physical console or iLO?
> 
> This is the config (that works with 3.86):
> 
> serial 0 9600
> default xen
> prompt 1
> timeout 50
> say Choose normal, xen, install or memtest:
> 
> label normal
> 
> etc.
> 
> I'll try commenting out the "serial 9600" and see what happens.

Didn't make a difference.  The system appears to be hung, but I can
reboot with ctrl-alt-delete. 


/Per Jessen, Zürich