Using USB Keyboard at GRUB Splash Screen

Kepp · n00b Joined: 09 Sep 2002 Posts: 18

I'm using a Microsoft Internet Pro Keyboard. It's USB and has my mouse connected to it. The keyboard works during installation and in my BIOS and the mouse and keyboard run fine in X.

The only time (to my knowledge) that the keyboard doesn't work is at the GRUB select OS screen. Is there anyway to get it working? I'm dual booting XP and Gentoo now, and it is a real pain to have to drag my PS2 keyboard over each time.

tore- · n00b Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 32

seems tough, i really think that you wont get it to work, sadly

i DONT KNOW for sure, but it sems like a pain in the as to get it fexed

phong · Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 10:58 pm Post subject:

I had a similar problem when I first started using a USB keyboard. It wouldn't work until my Kernel saw it (actually, in my case, it wouldn't work in BIOS either). Check around your BIOS for USB keyboard options. There are sometimes options that will cause it to basically emulate a PS/2 keyboard until the OS takes control of it.
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