Grub and Wireless Keyboard

[Dr Beco]

Dear us*x,

Last week my keyboard broke, and I bought a wireless set
keyboard+mouse that comes with a usb transmitter.

Yesterday I realize I can not chose an item from the grub menu during boot.

My other desktop has today a bluetooth keyboard, that also do not
work. My old machine has a PS/2 mini-dim that doesn't fit on the
others also.

So, unless I spend more money to buy a keyboard just to use once a
year to boot a different item in grub menu, or lend a keyboard from a
neighbor, I cannot boot other options for now.

Hopefully, I don't need... :) I deleted windows partition a while ago
(more than I can recall).

But, still... Is there any solution? Maybe something to add grub a
functionality?

Specially, the wireless keyboard, I think it should work. After all,
it is just a USB keyboard from the system's perspective, isn't it?

Thanks!
Beco







--
Dr Beco
A.I. researcher

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"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it
everyone you love, everyone you know..." (Carl Sagan, 1934-1996)

[b***@neutralite.org]

Post by Dr Beco
Dear us*x,
Last week my keyboard broke, and I bought a wireless set
keyboard+mouse that comes with a usb transmitter.
Yesterday I realize I can not chose an item from the grub menu during boot.
My other desktop has today a bluetooth keyboard, that also do not
work. My old machine has a PS/2 mini-dim that doesn't fit on the
others also.
So, unless I spend more money to buy a keyboard just to use once a
year to boot a different item in grub menu, or lend a keyboard from a
neighbor, I cannot boot other options for now.
Hopefully, I don't need... :) I deleted windows partition a while ago
(more than I can recall).
But, still... Is there any solution? Maybe something to add grub a
functionality?
Specially, the wireless keyboard, I think it should work. After all,
it is just a USB keyboard from the system's perspective, isn't it?
Thanks!
Beco
--
Dr Beco
A.I. researcher
--> . <--
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it
everyone you love, everyone you know..." (Carl Sagan, 1934-1996)

Are you able to use that keyboard before grub? By example, to go in
BIOS setup...
If not, so your keyboard could be more than a simple usb keyboard.
If yes, I guess that grub have the problem, and I have no idea about
how to fix it except using another boot loader (lilo or syslinux, by
example).

Maybe UEFI versions of boot loaders could help also. Not sure about
that thought, I have not wireless things here (I have heard of enough
friends running out of power in the middle of a game to avoid that, even
if I do not really play often now... I can use my computer without
mouse, but not without keyboard).

[Neal Murphy]

Post by Dr Beco
Last week my keyboard broke, and I bought a wireless set
keyboard+mouse that comes with a usb transmitter.
Yesterday I realize I can not chose an item from the grub menu during boot.
...
But, still... Is there any solution? Maybe something to add grub a
functionality?
Specially, the wireless keyboard, I think it should work. After all,
it is just a USB keyboard from the system's perspective, isn't it?

Look for a BIOS setting involving USB and 'legacy' that would treat the USB
kbd/mouse as though they were legacy wired units.

[Ross Boylan]

Post by Neal Murphy

Post by Dr Beco
Last week my keyboard broke, and I bought a wireless set
keyboard+mouse that comes with a usb transmitter.
Yesterday I realize I can not chose an item from the grub menu during boot.
...
But, still... Is there any solution? Maybe something to add grub a
functionality?
Specially, the wireless keyboard, I think it should work. After all,
it is just a USB keyboard from the system's perspective, isn't it?

Look for a BIOS setting involving USB and 'legacy' that would treat the USB
kbd/mouse as though they were legacy wired units.

Unfortunately, if such settings are available but not set, there is no
way to set them with a wireless keyboard. Or am I missing something?

I'm currently struggling to configure a box without a keyboard or
display, and wondering if a wireless keyboard would work for me....

Ross