On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Herbert Graf wrote: > >>> To me PS/2 ports are necessary because sometimes Linux >>> still has problems with USB mouse and keyboard during >>> setup or grub screen. >> >> Frankly this surprises me. Sounds like you haven't enabled "USB legacy >> emulation" in the BIOS if you have this issue (or your BIOS is buggy, or >> you Linux distro is "weird"). I haven't used a PS2 keyboard with any of >> my linux boxes for quite a while now. >> > > I have enabled that option in BIOS. > Could be that only some of the USB ports support the legacy function. Usually the ones on the back will work, whereas the front ones might not John -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist