On Thursday, July 10, 2014 7:30:02 AM UTC+5:30, Kitty Cat wrote: > I have two questions: > 1. Would anyone be willing to give me a link to a simple USB keyboard that you > think would work with this machine at boot time? Perhaps on Amazon.com or > Newegg.com, etc.? > 2. Do you know of a Debian CD of some type that will load a kernel without the > need of a key press before the kernel loads? Debian install CD's and Live CD's > require a key press at boot in order to load a kernel. I'm not sure about > Knoppix > but thought I would ask before wasting a DVD disc to find out that it won't > boot.
> Here is what's going on with this machine: > The USB keyboard that I have is not supported by the motherboard for some > reason. However, the keyboard does work however after a kernel loads. > My keyboard is a an AZZA brand, model number KME381U. It has buttons on > it that will (in Windows) launch a web browser, change the speaker volume, > etc. > The motherboard has no PS/2 connector. I do have a PS/2 keyboard that I > could use, but there is no place on the motherboard to plug it in. > The motherboard does not have a clear CMOS jumper that I could find. There > is a CMOS jumper on the motherboard, however, when this jumper is switched, > when the computer boots, it puts me directly into CMOS and the keyboard > did not work while in CMOS. > I did take out the battery, waited a while, left the battery out, turned on > the > computer with the CMOS jumper moved and wound up back in CMOS but > the keyboard was still not working. > I was able to install Debian by changing the windows bootloader to boot the > Debian installer as I described earlier. Now Debian is the only OS on the > machine. I was planning to only use this computer via SSH connection. So, > I only need a keyboard if I want to change CMOS settings or select an option > from the Grub boot menu. > So, it appears that my only solution is to get a different USB keyboard for > this > machine. > On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Bzzzz <lazy...@gmx.com> wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:57:23 -0700 > "Thomas D. Dean" <tom...@wavecable.com> wrote: > > Maybe you need to clear the BIOS settings? I have never had to do > > that. > From what he said, he's done that (although removing the battery > don't work, except if you wait for "some time" because of the > capacitor(s) power backup). > IF this was done correctly (jumper or short circuit of 2 points), > we could assume a non-ps/2 machine resetting its BIOS would, by > default, enable legacy USB; but we can't be sure 100%... > About the key typing time windows, I've seen BIOSes that only > left ~1s, which is quite short (addon cards, such as SCSI > controllers, can also reduce the window). When I first saw this question, I looked here: /boot/grub/i386-pc/ and see a module usb_keyboard.mod (and other interesting usb stuff) That of course leaves the questions: 1. How to get it -- presumably insmod usb_keyboard -- into a grub line without a keyboard -- probably needs tinkering with it on a different machine 2. What is it anyway? As usual grub docs are insufficient but the grub mailing list may help -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/6ca7f178-aff7-4d11-83a7-72a02802e...@googlegroups.com
