[ubuntu-za] No keyboard detected

[Wayne Abroue]

Hi Jan

If this worked,

> I found a suggestion that led me to try connecting the USB keyboard to the
> little round plug (sorry I dont know the terminology) via an adapter.
> Problem solved!
>
>
Then your board with ps2 is quite old, and yes some had these quirky usb
problems. Did you try a different usb port?

W







On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net> wrote:

> An interesting thing happened.
>
> I had two hard drives in my desktop, one an SSD loaded with my daily-use
> Ubuntu 14.04 and the other with Zorin, which I was preparing for a friend.
>
> Initially everything worked fine, I could select which drive to boot from
> in the grub menu. Then suddenly, the system did not pick up the keyboard,
> connected via USB, so I was unable to access BIOS or to select any options
> in the grub menu. Once the system had booted, the keyboard worked fine.
>
> While Googling around for solutions, I found a suggestion that led me to
> try connecting the USB keyboard to the little round plug (sorry I dont know
> the terminology) via an adapter. Problem solved!
>
> Can anybody please explain the mechanics of this hiccup and how I can get
> this keyboard to function properly via USB once more?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Jan
>
>
>
>
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