Hi, On 03/01/13 06:06, Phil McCracken wrote: > Totally generic USB kb and USB mouse [...]
I have some AMD Geode NX / CS5535-based devices (Wyse Sx0) which only allow me to enter the BIOS menu with a *specific* USB keyboard out of about 3 or 4 that I tried. (A cheap and uninteresting one branded "SWEEX" works; a more expensive Cherry and some others didn't). It would be interesting to see your output of `lsusb -v` when the keyboard is working. I think at GRUB/syslinux prompts, these devices had the same problem so I ended up setting up a serial console to work on them. I guess they don't initialise keyboard input (similar to a PS/2 keyboard not plugged in at boot time), unless it detects some particular USB vendor/model/chipset or something. After booting a 'full' system such as Debian Live, something triggers the keyboard/mouse to start working. I'm surprised graphical-mode d-i doesn't do this though. > [...] pretty much run out of options with linux for these machines and > am about to try kfreebsd. If you do actually try that, please let me know how it goes! Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50e65530.9060...@pyro.eu.org
