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  1. Bug #79172
  2. Comment #30

Comment 30 for bug 79172

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mon (javiermon-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: CD boot loader doesn't detect macbook's (core 2 duo) keyboard

Robert Millan wrote (private mail):
>On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 12:35:25AM +0200, Javier Monteagudo wrote:
>>
>> Hi again
>>
>> Good news is that mephis 6.5 64bits boot loader (I think it's a
>> customized grub) doesn't suffer this bug. Can someone look into mephis
>> changes?
>
>Your problem sounds like broken BIOS. Does it work when you try GRUB in
>EFI mode? (grub-efi package)
>
>Also, do you know what kind of keyboard is this? Is it a standard AT
>keyboard?

AFAIK this happens on al macbooks with core 2 duo. It may be a bios bug, but apple hasn't released any updates so far.

I haven't tried grub-efi package since I'm booting from the live cd. My plan is to replace OSX with linux, but until this is solved I can't do it (I consider this bug a mayor problem: imagine a kernel panic on normal boot. With this bug I could not boot into safe mode as I could not select that option from grub).
I know I can dual (and triple) boot osx with linux, but I really don't like it and I would rather use the disk space for my music than for that other propietary o.s.

thanks.