USB keyboard does not work in the pre-boot environment

[Jacob Nielsen]

This makes it impossible to enter the password for an encrypted root partition.

To reproduce:

- Attach a USB keyboard (I tried Logitech MK 320 and diNovo)
- In grub, add "break" to the recovery mode kernel line and boot
- You get a busybox prompt, but no functional keyboard
- You do not get disconnect/connect messages when replugging the keyboard receiver but you do get them when plugging in a USB flash stick

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 13 11:42:05 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-13 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20131012)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Felix Moreno (felix-justdust)]

Same problem here that makes you unable to uncrypt a partition:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1238194

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Felix Moreno (felix-justdust)]

The fix has been done in other versions, is just enable something in the kernel but we need to make noise for them to enable too in the kernel of ubuntu 13.10...

[Jacob Nielsen (j.nielsen)]

Adding the module ohci_pci (and only that) to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and updating fixed it in my case.