[Lunar-bugs] [Lunar Linux 0000042]: No USB Keyboard Support

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<http://bugs.lunar-linux.org/view.php?id=42> 
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Reported By:                dps
Assigned To:                sofar
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Project:                    Lunar Linux
Issue ID:                   42
Category:                   ISO
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     acknowledged
Moonbase Version:           20051113
Core Tools:                 Lunar
Core Tools Version:         20051113
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Date Submitted:             11-28-2005 06:19 UTC
Last Modified:              01-05-2006 16:37 UTC
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Summary:                    No USB Keyboard Support
Description: 
Booting from the 1.6 install CD: trying to press ENTER at the `boot:'
prompt with a USB keyboard does not work.  More generally, the USB
keyboard does not work at all until the installer boots (I had to plug in
a PS/2 keyboard to get it to boot).  I'm not sure if USB support is even
possible in the bootable install CD, but it would be nice.

[I'm not sure if the `ISO' category is correct, but I assumed that that
category is for the install CD.  Apologies if I was wrong.]
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 sofar - 11-28-05 19:03 
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Currently there is no USB support for keyboard/mice during the installer -
this might change later. There is no target version for this support since
USB won't be builtin to the kernel due to conflicting usb drivers.

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 dps - 11-29-05 16:20 
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Could a timeout perhaps be added to the prompt, i.e. automatically starts
booting after 30 seconds or a minute?

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 Moe - 12-04-05 12:00 
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I agree with dps on this one. A timeout would solve this issue promtly.

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 sofar - 01-05-06 16:09 
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1.6.0-i686-rc1 has a timeout and automatically boots after 60 seconds -
that should already help you get past the problem if the system finds the
cd drive properly.

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 Striker - 01-05-06 16:37 
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Not sure if it's possible, but could there be a countdown on the boot page
somewhere? I know lilo has one on its default boot screen... 60 seconds is
quite a long time to wait if you dont know it's going to boot
automatically; I'd suggest turning it down to 20 or 30 seconds if a
countdown can't be added.

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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11-28-05 06:19 dps            New Issue                                    
11-28-05 06:19 dps            Moonbase Version          => 20051113        
11-28-05 06:19 dps            Core Tools                => Lunar           
11-28-05 06:19 dps            Core Tools Version        => 20051113        
11-28-05 19:03 sofar          Note Added: 0000052                          
11-29-05 16:20 dps            Note Added: 0000054                          
12-04-05 12:00 Moe            Note Added: 0000056                          
01-05-06 16:09 sofar          Note Added: 0000088                          
01-05-06 16:09 sofar          Status                   assigned => acknowledged
01-05-06 16:37 Striker        Note Added: 0000090                          
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