From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1I0zoV-0001QV-Cg for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:01:35 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0zoS-0001Pl-1V for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:01:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0zoQ-0001PR-C4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:01:31 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I0zoQ-0001PO-59 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:01:30 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I0zoP-0001bJ-EX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:01:29 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=aragorn) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1I0zoM-0004Qy-11; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:01:26 +0200 Received: from rmh by aragorn with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1I0zpl-0006Qb-BA; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:02:53 +0200 Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:02:53 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20070620130253.GA24431@aragorn> References: <87lkegm2ja.dancerj%dancer@netfort.gr.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87lkegm2ja.dancerj%dancer@netfort.gr.jp> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Microsoft discourages use of Outlook. X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: Junichi Uekawa , 429695-forwarded@bugs.debian.org, 429695@bugs.debian.org Subject: Fwd: Bug#429695: grub-efi: key combinations requiring ctrl do not work X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:01:33 -0000 On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:39:37PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Package: grub-efi > Version: 1.95+20070604-1 > > > Hi, > > This is a reminder of the bug that upstream also acknowledges, but I > think it needs to be noted down in order to get grub-efi to be usable > in prime-time. > > grub-efi does not accept ctrl-{character} keys. Since grub2 requires > ctrl-{character} keys in editing menus (except for the 'escape' and > enter and up / down) you can't really do too many useful things. > > I think either of the following needs to happen > > 1. key needs to be remapped > 2. get ctrl key to start working. Upstream acknowledges this bug in http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnEFI and says: "[..] I guess I should write my own keyboard driver for EFI and replace the standard buggy driver." There's a SoC contributor in the process of writing an AT keyboard driver as part of the LinuxBIOS/grub2 integration project. Is it possible that this code can be reused for EFI? Or does EFI block access to keyboard controller completely? -- Robert Millan My spam trap is honeypot@aybabtu.com. Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list.