I entered BIOS and enabled some item like "use USB keyboard support" and it works! Thanks to ALL for sharing the experience! Maybe I should've googled harder :-)<br><br>Hai<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 8, 2007 2:02 AM, Bill Wells <
<a href="mailto:hammer29@sbcglobal.net">hammer29@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">
On Saturday 08 December 2007 10:46:16 am Bill Kendrick wrote:<br>> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 11:00:40PM -0500, Hai Yi wrote:<br>> > I have installed ubuntu in a computer which had Windows XP installed. It<br>> > seems that I successfully have both OS co-existed, 'cause I see the menu
<br>> > list when I restart the computer. But here is the problem, even though I<br>> > see both ubuntu and Windows on the menu, I couldn't use the arrow key to<br>> > move up or down, or any key, the keyboard just freezes.
<br>><br>> Is it a USB keyboard? A quick Google search brought up this:<br>><br></div>Sounds like a similar problem I encountered. I built a box with a VIA mobo a<br>couple of years ago. Installed Windows XP (my wife has a number of programs
<br>that are windows only); when the keyboard died, I replaced it with a(n) USB<br>keyboard and all was happy. The box got compromised (the you have a greeting<br>card from problem), so I backed up, to format and reinstall Windows. No
<br>joy! No boot from CD, the initial screen came up but I could not get to the<br>BIOS to change the boot sequence.<br><br>A little research and a BIOS flash and the USB keyboard was recognized; I had<br>to use a legacy keyboard to perform all actions before the BIOS flash.
<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/159920" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/159920</a><br>><br>> Though hopefully you merely need to go into your BIOS and enable
<br>> "Legacy USB Keyboard Support", or some-such.<br>><br>> Good luck!<br></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">_______________________________________________<br>vox-tech mailing list<br><a href="mailto:vox-tech@lists.lugod.org">
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