From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MEAMd-0002ZD-Cg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:04:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ACCF6E020B; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:04:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7067DE020B for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:04:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1143064326 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:04:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.937 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.937 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.338, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FBph4cbbJzfQ for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:04:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 976D364EBD for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:04:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MEAMJ-00051q-3P for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:03:59 +0000 Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:03:59 +0000 Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:03:59 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] KVM and no keyboard at start of boot Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:03:52 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:D9V0Nmcsl5VWFSuyyJzelVCS8Ac= Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 6c2f24a9-2ec3-4406-9931-9b60b3b581f8 X-Archives-Hash: 43466913ddf287cd03014fb7457462a0 Summary: What can I do to get my keyboard recognized (through a kvm switch) right at bootup. I mean like when the grub prompt comes up. Details: I've had this curious problem for some time now. Over at least several kernels but I think beginning with changing from one KVM to another a few mnths ago. Now using an IOMEGA 4prt `symphany'. All usb. I guess `Symphany' because you can switch speaker connections too. I rarely use sound so that isn't even a factor here. My keyboard (through kvm) is not recognized until bootup gets to the login prompt. Once there... no problems with keyboard. If I want to do anything early in boot process, like at grub prompt, I must keep a keyboard plugged in direct to machine. Its been a while since I've messed with it, but in the process of a new install and decided to take some time with that problem now. I've forgotten all the options I've tried enabling in the kernel but most recently just used the massive enablement of `genkernel all' thinking surely with all that junk enabled what ever is missing would be there. But it turned out not to be true. So how can I figure out what gets enabled by the time bootup reaches login prompt that is not enabled when grub screen comes up? Something finally allows the kvm pass through to be recognized but not until I've reached the login prompt.