From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 4 12:52:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B77106564A for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:52:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gdoe6545@yahoo.it) Received: from mx.smershnet.com (mx.smershnet.com [87.117.208.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564B88FC1D for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:52:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gdoe6545@yahoo.it) Received: from localhost (mx.smershnet.com [87.117.208.209]) by mx.smershnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC412754881; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:52:16 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smershnet.com Received: from mx.smershnet.com ([87.117.208.209]) by localhost (mx.smershnet.com [87.117.208.209]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id a+32VcayvvBt; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:52:13 +0100 (BST) Received: from kananga.hq.smershnet.com (217-133-13-140.b2b.tiscali.it [217.133.13.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx.smershnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 600B52754880; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:52:11 +0100 (BST) Received: from zao.smersh.casa (zao.smersh.casa [192.168.200.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kananga.hq.smershnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08EE45675A; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:51:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <91554876-A642-41C9-BCE4-5A0ACEDA445D@yahoo.it> From: Gianni Doe To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <18422.7595.283033.248344@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:52:10 +0200 References: <2E62E131-5DEA-4F82-80D9-7EF9831198C4@yahoo.it> <18422.7595.283033.248344@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Cc: matti k , Robert Huff Subject: Re: Boot menu and USB keyboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:52:18 -0000 On 04/apr/08, at 14:23, Robert Huff wrote: >> I've got a USB keyboard and I'm unable to select any of the >> options in the boot loader/beastie menu - escape to the loader >> prompt, single- user mode etc.. >> It is the only keyboard attached and it works fine once the >> system is up. > What version of the OS? I used to have this problem, but it > disappeared ... sometime between 6.0 and 7.0, I think. > And I'm pretty sure this was discussed on the mailing lists - > try searching under "Huff USB keyboard". > Robert Huff I'm running 7.0-STABLE and legacy USB support is enabled in the BIOS, motherboard is ASUS A8V. I did search but all the stuff I found is a few years old, so should the boot menu definitely support usb keyboard? -Gianni