[SOLVED] Lilo bootloader unresponsive to USB keyboard.
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Hi:
When under BIOS I have keyboard. Then, when the system shows the lilo prompt, I have no longer keyboard. When the prompt times out, lilo begins booting the kernel and finally I have the keyboard again. The keyboard is a USB keyboard. Is there an option for /etc/lilo.conf that can solve the problem?
i have had this problem with older motherboards - but i hadn't ever found a cure.. it was mostly hit or miss, sometimes working during lilo, sometimes not.
Well, I read another post and somebody spoke about USB BIOS support. Fortunately I found some USB options in the BIOS menu. I change them and voila! Problem solved.
I hope the problem is not erratic.
Well, I read another post and somebody spoke about USB BIOS support. Fortunately I found some USB options in the BIOS menu. I change them and voila! Problem solved.
I hope the problem is not erratic.
care to share the name of the options you tweaked and then to hit the solved button
An odd thing about this is that, given the BIOS setup menu is responsive to the keyboard, this means that even a BIOS as old as mine (c.2000) has routines to handle USB.
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