No usb keyboard at Grub menu

[Rudge]

My keyboard was not working at the grub menu. I could not select a different kernal using the up and down arrows (or anything at all). I had to go into "setup" (in my case f2) and set "usb emulation" to "ON". after that, my keyboard worked.

[Neal ManBear]

My keyboard was not working at the grub menu. I could not select a different kernal using the up and down arrows (or anything at all). I had to go into "setup" (in my case f2) and set "usb emulation" to "ON". after that, my keyboard worked.

In BIOS?

[Rudge]

It's an old Dell, it is in the BIOS settings.
There is a setting for "Integrated Devices" and under that I see "USB Emulation"
I had to turn that to "ON" it was "OFF" by default.

[Neal ManBear]

My Dull doesn't have any PS2 - at all. USB is the only option for kb - mouse, etc. The sad bit is, there's no setting in BIOS like is in yours.

[Georgetoon]

My Dull doesn't have any PS2 - at all. USB is the only option for kb - mouse, etc. The sad bit is, there's no setting in BIOS like is in yours.

Same here.  No BIOS settings, nothing to toggle USB, keyboard, etc.

[Rudge]

I must have a strange BIOS on this box   I should see if there is a new one for it.

[jgk62]

Some older bioses also use an "enable legacy usb" setting or something worded close to that depending on bios manuf.