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GRUB does not work with USB keyboards when using keyboard-layout

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Subject: bug#35585: closed (Re: bug#35585: GRUB does not work with USB
 keyboards when using keyboard-layout)
Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 10:16:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#35585: GRUB does not work with USB keyboards when using keyboard-layout

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 35585 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>, 35585-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35585: GRUB does not work with USB keyboards when using
 keyboard-layout
Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 12:14:57 +0200

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> skribis:

> On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 12:03:21PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Florian, can you check whether removing the line fixes the issue for
>> you?
>> 
>
> Yes, it fixes having no keyboard input at all on my Macbook (the
> layout is not applied though).

I’ve removed the ‘terminal_input at_keyboard’ line in
cae0725b809449dcdebc2d84cf997e051e689e06.

Ludo’.

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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: GRUB does not work with USB keyboards when using keyboard-layout
Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 19:35:44 +0200

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In the bootloader menu, input from a USB external keyboard or a
Macbook’s built-in USB keyboard is ignored by GRUB.  This makes it
impossible to choose which generation to boot.  The passphrase of an
encrypted boot partition can be entered though (with US English
keyboard layout instead of the chosen layout).

The attached patch makes the USB keyboard work in the bootloader menu,
but it uses US English layout instead of the chosen layout too.  Also
the patch is just imitating what is already in gnu/bootloader/grub.scm
but I do not actually know what I’m doing.

Regards,
Florian

[0001-bootloader-grub-Support-USB-keyboards-when-using-a-k.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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