I was given a server running on an XR9Si-3F. I was initially thrown off with the lack of video output but realized where I was confused concerning interacting with the machine through the web console.

Unfortunately, as cool as completely managing a server through a web console is, it just won’t work for me as I have only one machine that can “reliably” run the old Java app to give input to the server. So I dug into understanding how to redirect the console to the VGA and got that setup through BIOS. Unfortunately, I neglected to ensure legacy USB support was enabled so I could use the keyboard attached to my KVM switch.

Now, I’m in BIOS to try and enable that, but BIOS is not registering any keyboard input through the Java app. Neither my physical laptop keyboard or the OSK are working. Both input options work in the booted OS, as well as to get me into BIOS, but I cannot navigate once I’m in BIOS.

Does anyone have any experience with this type of issue, or any suggestions I could try to get some form of keyboard input working so I can enable USB support and use my KVM switch?