Bug 499836: It's back
I have a SIIG USB keyboard with mechanical switches. The mechanical switches greatly reduce the error rate when I type. The p8z77-vle plus BIOS does not seem to have a problem with this keyboard. Once Fedora finishes booting the keyboard is recognized. The grub2 boot however does not read keyboard presses, preventing selection of anything but the latest Fedora installation. A workaround is to use a purple USB keyboard to PS2 interface. -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX c...@omen.com www.omen.com Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology Inc The High Reliability Software 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430 -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Bug 499836: It's back
On Jun 22, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX c...@omen.com wrote: I have a SIIG USB keyboard with mechanical switches. The mechanical switches greatly reduce the error rate when I type. The p8z77-vle plus BIOS does not seem to have a problem with this keyboard. Once Fedora finishes booting the keyboard is recognized. The grub2 boot however does not read keyboard presses, preventing selection of anything but the latest Fedora installation. Bug 499836 is against grub 0.97, so your bug is a different bug. So what you need to do is find out what version of grub 2.00 this last worked with and file a new regression bug, and maybe also post the URL for this bug to grub-devel@ and see if they want an upstream bug filed as well. Almost invariably they'll ask you to test with the current bzr branch. Chris Murphy -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Bug 499836: It's back
The p8z77-vle plus BIOS does not seem to have a problem with this keyboard. I have the opposite problem with one of my systems. About 60% of the time a USB keyboard can't get the BIOS's attention, and I have to dig out an old ps/2 keyboard if I want to get into the BIOS. Every once in a while I'll try a google search to see if someone makes a mini-PS/2 keyboard with just a DEL and F2 key (haven't found one yet :-). -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Bug 499836: It's back
On 06/22/2013 09:05 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote: I have a SIIG USB keyboard with mechanical switches. The mechanical switches greatly reduce the error rate when I type. The p8z77-vle plus BIOS does not seem to have a problem with this keyboard. Once Fedora finishes booting the keyboard is recognized. The grub2 boot however does not read keyboard presses, preventing selection of anything but the latest Fedora installation. A workaround is to use a purple USB keyboard to PS2 interface. Please identify the specific keyboard. Run /usr/bin/lsusb, or find the info in syslog (often /var/log/messages) or output from dmesg, or journalctl -a --this-boot. It is a lot easier to search for info or experiences related to a specific model number instead of a description such as a SIIG USB keyboard with mechanical switches. Examples: - $ lsusb | grep -i keyboard Bus 003 Device 003: ID 1e54:2030 TypeMatrix 2030 USB Keyboard $ dmesg | grep -i keyboard [2.107612] hid-generic 0003:1E54:2030.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [TypeMatrix.com USB Keyboard] on usb-:00:13.1-2/input0 - Obviously the first thing to check is which scan codes are generated when. Many electronic keyboards generate one code on keypress and a different code on key release, for *EVERY* key. (The release code often is 0x80 more than the press code.) Some mechanical keyboards omit the codes for key release, except for Shift keys. /usr/bin/xev provides some diagnostic info for HID events that are seen by X11, including KeyPress and KeyRelease. Does xev see both events for the SIIG USB keyboard with mechanical switches? -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Bug 499836: It's back
On 06/22/2013 11:05 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote: The p8z77-vle plus BIOS does not seem to have a problem with this keyboard. Once Fedora finishes booting the keyboard is recognized. The grub2 boot however does not read keyboard presses, preventing selection of anything but the latest Fedora installation. Are you using UEFI mode or BIOS mode? If UEFI, make sure that USB initialization for keyboards is enabled. ASUS calls this partial USB initialization. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
