Bug 745 - keyboard not active when grub window shown
Summary: keyboard not active when grub window shown
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2011-04-09 20:25 CEST by robert marshall
Modified: 2011-04-09 21:30 CEST (History)
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Source RPM: grub-0.97-32.mga1.src.rpm
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Description robert marshall 2011-04-09 20:25:10 CEST 
Description of problem:

On booting when I get the the grub screen the keyboard does not respond and booting proceeds with a timeout on the default option

The keyboard is a Cherry/Cymotion 

usbhid          : Cherry GmbH|CyMotion Master Linux Keyboard [Human Interface Device|Boot Interface Subclass|Keyboard] (vendor:046a device:0023)

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How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot 
2. at the grub screen try to select an other boot option (down arrow key)
3. no other option is selected (caps lock doesn't light up)


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Comment 1 Ahmad Samir 2011-04-09 21:12:01 CEST 
Could you go through the BIOS settings of your motherboard, there's usually an option about enabling support for usb keyboards, if there's such an option, please make sure it's enabled then try again.
Comment 2 robert marshall 2011-04-09 21:30:46 CEST 
ok, sorry about that, long day..... closing!

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID
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