Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:32:54 -0400 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: Alessandro de Manzano <ale@unixmania.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB keyboard (MS) Message-ID: <3AFA9886.9F16A78E@glue.umd.edu> References: <m1vgnay59l.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk> <20010509145319.A88778@cec.wustl.edu> <20010509215955.C11353@libero.sunshine.ale> <20010509190140.A89294@cec.wustl.edu>
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Andrew Hesford wrote: > > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:59:55PM +0200, Alessandro de Manzano wrote: > > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 02:53:19PM -0500, Andrew Hesford wrote: > > > > > place for a keyboard and mouse is on a dedicated bus. Plus, unless it's > > > a simple misconfiguration, one stage of the bootloader doesn't > > > recognize USB keyboards. That means you can't interrupt boot and get a > > > prompt. > > > > Many BIOSs can "emulate" a PS/2 keyboard from an USB one if configured > > so (and there is not real PS/2 kbd). > > It's called something like "USB Kbd support: legacy" AFAIR. > > Yes, and I had this enabled in my BIOS. Here it is just called "Legacy > USB Support". I can enter the BIOS with the USB keyboard, and move > around its menus. On the first stage of the bootloader (the MBR > slice-selection), I can hit ENTER to terminate the waiting period. But > at the second stage, when "autoboot" tells me to hit any key for a > prompt (or hit enter to boot immediately), I can't do anything with the > keyboard. Once the system is booted, it works just like a normal USB > keyboard. > > I thought that this was because the second-stage bootloader starts > ignoring the BIOS, but I can't be sure. I don't have that problem with my MS Natural KB on a USB port. My BIOS doesn't have a legacy mode either (though I haven't looked in a while). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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