hi
after a power failure when I try to boot my Ubuntu 12.04 machine it
displays the Grub menu but it
does not react to any keyboard combination I tried.
If I press Del earlier, it does get in the BIOS and there I can use
the keyboard, so it does not seem to be a hardware issue, but in the
GRUB
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Gabor Szabo szab...@gmail.com wrote:
hi
after a power failure when I try to boot my Ubuntu 12.04 machine it
displays the Grub menu but it
does not react to any keyboard combination I tried.
If I press Del earlier, it does get in the BIOS and there I can
Missing information/Things to try:
- How is the keyboard connected to the PC - USB, legacy, builtin(as in a
laptop)?
- If it is a laptop, did you try to connect another keyboard via USB?
- What happens when you try to boot from a LiveCD or DiskOnKey?
(Note to myself: is it possible to boot a
Another trick:
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Disconnect the power cable.
3. Press the power button a few times to discharge any built up
electricity.
4. Disconnect the keyboard.
5. Connect the power cable.
6. Turn on the PC and wait until it passes the BIOS screens and into
Thanks for all the responses.
In the BIOS in the Integrted Peripherials menu I found an entry
called USB Keyboard function which was Disabled.
I enabled it and rebooted. This did the trick and now I am a happy user again :)
I have no idea if that was enabled or disabled before the power failure.
