Hello,
My desktop machine at work was replaced and they gave me a Dell
Optiplex GX520 machine to use. When booting from CD-ROM I use
isolinux 3.50 and the keyboard does not work. It does work once linux
boots, and it works if I hit the F2 to go into bios before isolinux
starts. I have searched google and the syslinux archives for
'Optiplex GX520' but have not found any reports of other people with
problems. I searched for 'syslinux USB Keyboard' and people say to go
into BIOS and turn on the legacy keyboard support. I read the common
problems and hardware pages on the syslinux.zytor.com site (couldn't
find a FAQ page though).
I cannot find anything to set for the keyboard in the BIOS
(version A11, if that matters, and there is not a newer one at the
dell website to download and try). My question is "Does anybody know
how to make the keyboard work for isolinux 3.50 with vesamenu.c32?"
This machine has no PS/2 keyboard connector, so I cannot just use a
normal keyboard. When isolinux menu is showing the countdown, even
caps lock and num lock do not change the keyboard lights.
I got installed ok by making a new iso that had the choice I want
as the first choice and just sitting through the countdown, but I
would like to know if there is some secret to getting things working
normally, or if this machine is just defective. The school's
technician just says run windows and will not help.
Thanks!
On Sunday 10 June 2007 7:52, BuraphaLinux Server wrote:> Hello, > > My desktop machine at work was replaced and they gave me a Dell > Optiplex GX520 machine to use. When booting from CD-ROM I use > isolinux 3.50 and the keyboard does not work. It does work once linux > boots, and it works if I hit the F2 to go into bios before isolinux > starts. I have searched google and the syslinux archives for > 'Optiplex GX520' but have not found any reports of other people with > problems. I searched for 'syslinux USB Keyboard' and people say to go > into BIOS and turn on the legacy keyboard support. I read the common > problems and hardware pages on the syslinux.zytor.com site (couldn't > find a FAQ page though). > > I cannot find anything to set for the keyboard in the BIOS > (version A11, if that matters, and there is not a newer one at the > dell website to download and try). My question is "Does anybody know > how to make the keyboard work for isolinux 3.50 with vesamenu.c32?" > This machine has no PS/2 keyboard connector, so I cannot just use a > normal keyboard. When isolinux menu is showing the countdown, even > caps lock and num lock do not change the keyboard lights. > > I got installed ok by making a new iso that had the choice I want > as the first choice and just sitting through the countdown, but I > would like to know if there is some secret to getting things working > normally, or if this machine is just defective. The school's > technician just says run windows and will not help. > > Thanks!Not real familiar with those computers but see if there is a BIOS setting for legacy keyboard or legacy usb and make sure its enabled. It sounds like a problem I have on a old Compaq Presario where I'm using a usb keyboard/mouse. Unfortunately on his computer the BIOS doesn't have that option so in any boot loader (GRUB, SYSLINUX, etc) I can't use the keyboard. But after Linux boots everythings fine. -Chris
On Sunday, June 10, 2007, 13:52:26, BuraphaLinux Server wrote:> My desktop machine at work was replaced and they gave me a Dell > Optiplex GX520 machine to use. When booting from CD-ROM I use > isolinux 3.50 and the keyboard does not work. It does work once linux > boots, and it works if I hit the F2 to go into bios before isolinux > starts. I have searched google and the syslinux archives for > 'Optiplex GX520' but have not found any reports of other people with > problems. I searched for 'syslinux USB Keyboard' and people say to go > into BIOS and turn on the legacy keyboard support. I read the common > problems and hardware pages on the syslinux.zytor.com site (couldn't > find a FAQ page though).I don't know Dell BIOSes, but other manufacturers usually name this option "Legacy USB support", "Support legacy USB devices" or "USB storage support" (for some reason, this also enabled USB keyboard to work on that machine). Search your BIOS for an option that looks similar to this, and enable it. -- < Jernej Simon?i? ><><><><>< http://deepthought.ena.si/ > Nobody loves a winner who wins all the time. -- Trump's Quirk of Human Nature
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, this seems to be a bug in the latest versions of the Dell BIOSes. I experienced the same problem with GX620 systems and bios A11. Downgrading the BIOS to A10 helped. (Dell support promised this would be fixed - but that more than half a year ago ...) Michael BuraphaLinux Server wrote:> Hello, > > My desktop machine at work was replaced and they gave me a Dell > Optiplex GX520 machine to use. When booting from CD-ROM I use > isolinux 3.50 and the keyboard does not work. It does work once linux > boots, and it works if I hit the F2 to go into bios before isolinux > starts. I have searched google and the syslinux archives for > 'Optiplex GX520' but have not found any reports of other people with > problems. I searched for 'syslinux USB Keyboard' and people say to go > into BIOS and turn on the legacy keyboard support. I read the common > problems and hardware pages on the syslinux.zytor.com site (couldn't > find a FAQ page though). > > I cannot find anything to set for the keyboard in the BIOS > (version A11, if that matters, and there is not a newer one at the > dell website to download and try). My question is "Does anybody know > how to make the keyboard work for isolinux 3.50 with vesamenu.c32?" > This machine has no PS/2 keyboard connector, so I cannot just use a > normal keyboard. When isolinux menu is showing the countdown, even > caps lock and num lock do not change the keyboard lights. > > I got installed ok by making a new iso that had the choice I want > as the first choice and just sitting through the countdown, but I > would like to know if there is some secret to getting things working > normally, or if this machine is just defective. The school's > technician just says run windows and will not help. > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > SYSLINUX mailing list > Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. >- -- Michael Redinger Zentraler Informatikdienst (Central IT Services) Universitaet Innsbruck Technikerstrasse 13 Tel.: ++43 512 507 2335 6020 Innsbruck Fax.: ++43 512 507 949 02335 Austria Mail: Michael.Redinger at uibk.ac.at BB98 D2FE 0F2C 2658 3780 3CB1 0FD7 A9D9 65C2 C11D http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/~c102mr/mred-pubkey.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGa/J+D9ep2WXCwR0RApTQAJ42VazNVljXOZfPBVvo5Z2IJmPcmgCg91zy TLfrFOdff3LJwJAM+zmWal8=LN6G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On 6/10/07, BuraphaLinux Server <buraphalinuxserver at gmail.com> wrote:> Hello, > > My desktop machine at work was replaced and they gave me a Dell > Optiplex GX520 machine to use. When booting from CD-ROM I use > isolinux 3.50 and the keyboard does not work. It does work once linux > boots, and it works if I hit the F2 to go into bios before isolinux > starts. I have searched google and the syslinux archives for > 'Optiplex GX520' but have not found any reports of other people with > problems. I searched for 'syslinux USB Keyboard' and people say to go > into BIOS and turn on the legacy keyboard support. I read the common > problems and hardware pages on the syslinux.zytor.com site (couldn't > find a FAQ page though). > > I cannot find anything to set for the keyboard in the BIOS > (version A11, if that matters, and there is not a newer one at the > dell website to download and try). My question is "Does anybody know > how to make the keyboard work for isolinux 3.50 with vesamenu.c32?" > This machine has no PS/2 keyboard connector, so I cannot just use a > normal keyboard. When isolinux menu is showing the countdown, even > caps lock and num lock do not change the keyboard lights. > > I got installed ok by making a new iso that had the choice I want > as the first choice and just sitting through the countdown, but I > would like to know if there is some secret to getting things working > normally, or if this machine is just defective. The school's > technician just says run windows and will not help. > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > SYSLINUX mailing list > Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >Sounds like you should probably try Redinger's suggestion of a BIOS downgrade. For what it's worth though, most USB keyboards support the PS/2 keyboard protocol. If this is being too much of a problem, you might wish to buy a USB-to-PS/2 adapter and use your keyboard in legacy mode to begin with. You loose the ability to safely hotswap devices (you can still do it, but it's dangerous to the system and keyboard both,) but you would at least have a working keyboard in low level environments.