I see the same problem, I do not think it is a BIOS problem. I moved to Ubuntu when Karmic was officially released, initially it worked well. But after a week or so, an update to grub2 was installed. After this happened, grub no longer responds to the USB keyboard.
/Jakob -- ubuntu karmic alpha 4 wireless keyboard not recognised on grub menu and PC waits indefinitely for menu choice https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420915 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs