Re: [SLE] USB connected keyboard - more than a slight hassle

From: Basil Chupin (blchupin_at_tpg.com.au)
Date: 11/03/03

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    chris wrote:
    > hi
    >
    > I had a similar thing happen on my laptop. I had to turn of legacy usb
    > support in the BIOS. Also for some funny reason if while booting you
    > continuously hit the tab key it worked once it finished booting. This
    > is just a shot in the dark.
    >
    > Chris
    >
    > Basil Chupin wrote:
    >
    >> I have just connected the Logitech MX Duo (keyboard & optical mouse,
    >> both cordless) to one of the USB ports.
    >>
    >> Everything is working fine -- except at one very important stage.
    >>
    >> I dual-boot, and SUSE happens to be the default into which I boot on
    >> startup but I cannot boot into what-shall-not-be-mentioned because the
    >> keyboard is 'dead'.
    >>
    >> The keyboard is active when the system is initially booting (BIOS) but
    >> then disappears when the SUSE boot menu comes up so I cannot select
    >> any of the startup options, and doesn't become active until halfway
    >> thru the SUSE boot process (when the screen is showing Booting the
    >> System Press F2 for verbose mode).
    >>
    >> What needs to be done, please, in order to get the keyboard to be
    >> active for me to be able to make selections from the SUSE startup menu
    >> (the one wot grub causes to be displayed)?
    >>
    >> Cheers.

    Thank you, Chris, for the hint which solved the problem I mention above
    (but now I have another (?) bigger hassle).

    I have a new motherboard and haven't yet got used to it- unlike my
    previous mobos some of the menus are more than 1 page big and so I keep
    forgetting to scroll down and don't see all the parameters to be set.
    Therefore I missed the one which is USB KEYBOARD Enable/Disable. Your
    message got me on to the right track. So now I can select the options
    from the SUSE startup menu.

    But there is another problem.

    The keyboard AND mouse are not active when I boot into THAT system :-).
    The braindead thing sits there waiting for me to type in my password to
    logon - but there is no keyboard (nor mouse, but fortunnately I have
    another USB (trackball) mouse installed and I can use that to reboot the
    computer :-)).

    Ah well, I'll worry about this one later on today after I get some sleep.

    Thanks for your help.

    Cheers. 

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