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

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The following issue requires your FEEDBACK.
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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:                     feedback
Moonbase Version:           20051113
Core Tools:                 Lunar
Core Tools Version:         20051113
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Date Submitted:             11-28-2005 06:19 UTC
Last Modified:              03-05-2006 22:19 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 - 03-05-06 22:19 
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Can someone confirm this is fixed/open with 1.6.0-rc3? I have no USB-kbd
systems.

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 sofar - 01-12-06 21:39 
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I can drop it lower but I don't want to - I'd rather edit the front page
and add a message that it autostarts after 60 seconds. People who start
reading first and do not press a button might not get to the message that
informs them about the timeout ;^)

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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.

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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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 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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 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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 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.

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                          
01-12-06 21:39 sofar          Note Added: 0000103                          
03-05-06 22:19 sofar          Note Added: 0000138                          
03-05-06 22:19 sofar          Status                   acknowledged => feedback
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