Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 147499
Can't boot with USB keyboards
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:59 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041111 Firefox/1.0 Description of problem: I can't get syslinux to function with my USB keyboards. When I plug in the PS/2 connector (in case of my Microsoft natural keyboard) it does work and I can normally start the installer. The keyboards functions properl with just USB to access things in the BIOS, so it's not a problem that the BIOS can't handle USB keyboards. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): syslinux-3.07-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. attach a microsoft natural keyboard pro or Dell SK-8125 to a Dell optiplex gx-110 with just the USB connector 2. boot the cd image (boot.iso) from Fedora development (feb 7 2005) 3. Actual Results: Can't press "enter" to continue and start the installer. Additional info: The machine itself is a Dell Optiplex GX-110. The keyboards are a Microsoft natural keyboard pro and a Dell SK-8125. Both don't work with USB, the Microsoft keyboard works via PS/2.
I just did this, and it works fine for me. Maybe the Dell BIOS stops doing keyboard emulation once it starts running user code? Anyway, it doesn't appear to be something we can fix.