[Bug 771376] Re: keyboard not working at grub screen

[Scott Zorc]

Why would anybody think that the PS/2 inputs could magically switch
during an Ubuntu upgrade??

 I also had  a problem of my PS/2 ports becoming dead after I upgraded
to 11.04. My PS/2 keyboard and mouse were useless until after the GRUB
had started the Ubuntu OS.  I had no control over the GRUB and so my
other OS was useless.

 I found that switching to a USB keyboard and mouse solved the problem.
It appears that the Legacy (PS/2) inputs on some model  computers get
over looked by the newer Ubuntu upgrades.

 If you have a PS/2 keyboard and/or mouse it/they are dead during the
GRUB segment of start up I'd recommend switching over to USB input
devices and see if that doesn't solve the GRUB access problems.

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Title:
  keyboard not working at grub screen

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  It's impossible to change the default booting OS from grub because the
  keyboard doesn't work, this bug wasn't there when I just installed the
  Natty beta 2 .

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: grub-pc 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Apr 26 19:23:16 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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