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#1 2011-03-11 11:24:18

artie
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No keyboard on Macbook EFI grub 2

I have installed archlinux using the https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2 guide for efi grub2. The problem is that, after loading all the daemons, at the login prompt, I have no keyboard. How can I load it?

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#2 2011-03-11 11:32:26

nTia89
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Re: No keyboard on Macbook EFI grub 2

try by appending

acpi=force

in grub.cfg

Last edited by nTia89 (2011-03-11 11:34:18)


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#3 2011-03-11 11:37:35

artie
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Re: No keyboard on Macbook EFI grub 2

i had acpi=off instead before.
with acpi=force, it freezes after "waiting for udev uevents to be processed" and a black rectangle is drawn on top of the screen, over a part of the arch linux graphic.

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#4 2011-03-11 12:46:38

nTia89
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Re: No keyboard on Macbook EFI grub 2


+pc: custom | AMD Opteron 175 | nForce4 Ultra | 2GB ram DDR400 | nVidia 9800GT 1GB | ArchLinux x86_64 w/ openbox
+laptop: Apple | MacBook (2,1) | 2GB ram | Mac OS X 10.4 -> DIED
+ultrabook: Dell | XPS 13 (9343) | 8GB ram | 256GB ssd | FullHD display | Windows 8.1 64bit ArchLinux x86_64 w/ Gnome

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#5 2011-03-11 13:17:56

artie
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Re: No keyboard on Macbook EFI grub 2

yes, except for installing grub2-efi (as grub would freeze) and using acpi=off instead acpi=force which would too freeze the system.
My macbook is 5,2.

Last edited by artie (2011-03-11 13:19:54)

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#6 2011-09-10 20:46:55

JoKo
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Re: No keyboard on Macbook EFI grub 2

Hello,

I have a similar problem with a MacBook Pro 5,1

I have used archboot 2011.08-2 in order to install Arch Linux (both kernels seem to work by appending nouveau.modeset=0).

Installation completed fine and I am successfully using the EFI version of Grub 2, I can use my keyboard to select OS and kernel. However, once Arch Linux boots and I am at the login, my keyboard does not respond to anything at all.

I have tried the parameters which are posted at the wiki:

arch noapic irqpoll acpi=force

but unfortunately they didn't work.


Any more ideas? I don't have an external keyboard where I am currently, but I will try later to recompile the kernel in case something is fixed.

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#7 2011-12-16 21:36:18

lunch_box
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Re: No keyboard on Macbook EFI grub 2

I had a pretty stupid problem that presented itself like this... I used the archboot installer, which has an apple console kemap, and so that was set in rc.conf. However, this keymap didn't exist in the installed system, ergo no keyboard. That was solved by booting the live disc and changing the keymap to a sensible (read: actually exists) one.

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