GRUB does not recognize USB keyboard plugged into USB hub

[Mark Inderhees]

I just upgraded packages on 18.04 and now grub does not work with my keyboard when the keyboard is plugged into a USB hub. I have a Microsoft wireless keyboard. The keyboard works if it's plugged directly into a USB port on the back of my tower. But the keyboard does not work if it's plugged into the front USB tower port (an internal hub) or and external USB hub (which that hub connects to a port on the back of the tower).

They keyboard works fine in Ubuntu regardless of where it is plugged in.

It does not look like grub2 was updated recently. So this looks to be some dependency package issue? I'm not sure which.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release: 18.04

$ apt-cache policy grub2
grub2:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.02-2ubuntu8.13
  Version table:
     2.02-2ubuntu8.13 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     2.02-2ubuntu8 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages

Recent update logs:

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 06:06:54
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: evince-common:amd64 (3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1, 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.2)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 06:06:55

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 06:06:58
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: firefox:amd64 (67.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:04

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:07
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: firefox-locale-en:amd64 (67.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:07

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:10
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: libsqlite3-0:amd64 (3.22.0-1, 3.22.0-1ubuntu0.1)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:10

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:13
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: linux-libc-dev:amd64 (4.15.0-51.55, 4.15.0-52.56)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:13

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:16
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: linux-signed-generic:amd64 (4.15.0.51.53, 4.15.0.52.54)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:16

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:19
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: chromium-browser:amd64 (74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 75.0.3770.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1), chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra:amd64 (74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 75.0.3770.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1), chromium-browser-l10n:amd64 (74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 75.0.3770.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:26

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:29
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: evince:amd64 (3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1, 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.2), libevdocument3-4:amd64 (3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1, 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.2), libevview3-3:amd64 (3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1, 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.2)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:34

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 06:07:37
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Install: linux-modules-4.15.0-52-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-52.56, automatic), linux-headers-4.15.0-52-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-52.56, automatic), linux-headers-4.15.0-52:amd64 (4.15.0-52.56, automatic), linux-image-4.15.0-52-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-52.56, automatic), linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-52-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-52.56, automatic)
Upgrade: linux-headers-generic:amd64 (4.15.0.51.53, 4.15.0.52.54), linux-image-generic:amd64 (4.15.0.51.53, 4.15.0.52.54), linux-generic:amd64 (4.15.0.51.53, 4.15.0.52.54)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 06:08:18

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 09:17:33
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.120'
Upgrade: openssl:amd64 (1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.1, 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.2), python3-pip:amd64 (9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1, 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.1), libssl-dev:amd64 (1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.1, 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.2), libssl-doc:amd64 (1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.1, 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.2), libssl1.1:amd64 (1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.1, 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.2), python-pip-whl:amd64 (9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1, 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.1)
Remove: linux-image-4.15.0-50-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-50.54), linux-headers-4.15.0-50:amd64 (4.15.0-50.54), linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-50-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-50.54), linux-modules-4.15.0-50-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-50.54), linux-headers-4.15.0-50-generic:amd64 (4.15.0-50.54)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 09:18:03

Start-Date: 2019-06-20 09:26:59
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.118'
Upgrade: libisccfg160:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), libirs160:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), bind9-host:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), dnsutils:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), libisc169:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), thunderbird-gnome-support:amd64 (1:60.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1), libisc-export169:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), thunderbird-locale-en-us:amd64 (1:60.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1), liblwres160:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), libdns-export1100:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), thunderbird:amd64 (1:60.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1), libisccc160:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), libbind9-160:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), libdns1100:amd64 (1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8), thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 (1:60.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
End-Date: 2019-06-20 09:27:06

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

You've filed this bug against the grub source package, but that is grub1 which is not in use in Ubuntu 18.04. Please run apport-collect -p grub2 1833585 on your system.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]