Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 55246
USB Keyboard not responding in grub bootup
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:38:01 EDT
Description of Problem: The grub bootscreen doesn't accept any input from an USB Keyboard (can't select kernel or enter Options). While LILO takes all input correctly Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): grub-0.90-11 How Reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install grub 2. reboot 3. try to choose from kernels Actual Results: only boots the first kernel in list Expected Results: ability to choose the kernel / OS on bootup Additional Information: grub is configured as password protected but wouldn't react on pressing the p key either.
This is odd as GRUB and LILO both apparently use the same BIOS calls to get keyboard input. What type of hardware is this on? (as I haven't seen it on mine)
This is on a Fujitsu-Siemens Jetson Computer. i815 Solano (FSC D1189) board with a Celeron 700. It4s the standard FSC USB Keyboard attached. 82801AA USB- Hub. If it helps, the system is profiled as System ID 1000408856 in the RHN.
I have gotten some support requests indicating this problem also exists on some HP Pavilion machines. Tested grub with USB keyboard on an IBM Eserver model X series 200 and it worked fine. Tested both Grub and lilo with a USB keyboard on a Dell Precision 420 and the USB keyboard did not work in either one, nor the BIOS, but it works fine once linux boots.. so evidently this machine has no bios emulation for USB keyboards.
to be more confusing: BIOS works, and LILO prompt works too... so the emulation is working as expected, i suppose. is there anything for interrupthandling in the grub code, that isn4t in lilo4s? sorry i4m no coder, so i can4t check for myself :-(
Don't know if this is related or not... After switching from lilo to grub with RH 7.2, my USB mouse is no longer recognized by Windows 98. Linux sees the mouse with no problem. With lilo both W98 and linux see the mouse. With grub, if I switch to a PS/2 mouse, both Windows and linux see the mouse. The mouse is a Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse, and my motherboard is an Intel SE440BX (Phoenix BIOS).
I'm having the same problem on a Gateway Performance using a the SUN UNIX USB keyboard. LILO works, grub does not. Keyboard works after USB loaded. Same thing happens regardless of whether legacy USB support is enabled or disabled in the BIOS.
Like I've said, none of my hardware reproduces this... you might try installing the updated package at http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/grub/ and then running `/sbin/grub-install /where/you/installed/grub` (eg /dev/hda) and see if that makes it work.
*** Bug 50809 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 64684 ***