Problem using keyboard with GRUB

[Marius Gedminas]

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 07:01:16AM +0000, Jeffery Small wrote:
> I have an ASUS U56E notebook set up for dual boot with Windows 7 and
> Xubuntu 12.04, using the GRUB version 1.99 boot loader.  I just took the
> system in for hardware repair and the motherboard was replaced.
> 
> I have an external USB mouse and keyboard attached to the system which work
> fine in both OSes.  Prior to the repair the keyboard was recognized by GRUB
> and allowed me to make selections using the arrow and Return keys.  After
> the repair, GRUB no longer recognizes the external keyboard, although the
> native keyboard on the notebook does work.
> 
> Does anyone know if there is some GRUB configuration setting I can make to
> get the external keyboard recognized once again?  Thanks for any pointers
> you can offer.

Enable "Legacy USB support" in the BIOS setup.  It may be phrased
differently, depending on your motherboard/BIOS.

Marius Gedminas
-- 
System going down at 5 this afternoon to install scheduler bug.
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