Booting into a Live CD with a USB Keyboard?

[Hamish]

I've got the Kubuntu Live DVD here but when it boots it says "press enter to start live cd" but as I have a USB keyboard it doesnt do anything. I don't have a spare PS2 one either. any ideas?

Hamish

 

[Vonhelmet]

If it gets to the boot: prompt, then you should just be able to wait a minute or so and it will boot automatically.

 

[Mr Potatohead]

I've got the Kubuntu Live DVD here but when it boots it says "press enter to start live cd" but as I have a USB keyboard it doesnt do anything. I don't have a spare PS2 one either. any ideas?

Hamish

It sounds like USB keyboard support is disabled in your BIOS.

 

[Hamish]

It sounds like USB keyboard support is disabled in your BIOS.

Well I can get into the BIOS and change stuff with my USB keyboard and i've searched all over the BIOS for a setting but I can't find one so it must be something dodgy with the mobo.

 

[uk_viper]

its usually called "USB legacy support" within the BIOS that has to be enabled you may have to do it with a PS2 keyboard, then after, if you need to access BIOS again you can use your USB keyboard and hopefully kubuntu

 

[BigBoy]

My CM Gem USB keyboard dosent work atall in linux nomater what distro i have tryed i have always had to unplug it and use a ps2 one. i dont know why, perhaps its somthing to do with the controler on the keyboard

 

[Hamish]

I found the setting now it was called "USB keyboard control from" it was set to OS so I changed it to BIOS

 

[bledd]

My CM Gem USB keyboard dosent work atall in linux nomater what distro i have tryed i have always had to unplug it and use a ps2 one. i dont know why, perhaps its somthing to do with the controler on the keyboard

do you mean the coolermaster keyboard?

it says
cm gear by the way!

 

[BigBoy]

yeah thats the one. heheh my eyes dont work properly