[SOLVED] Keyboard not detected neither in ttys nor X.

ismaelvc · 2014-01-30 18:15:48

Hello guys!

I just installed Arch to a laptop LG LM70 Express, and I had to use another usb keyboard, to acomplish this, the keyboard works under Kali and other Live-CDs, also severl other Arch Live-CDs work (from the past year).

So I believe this has to be a kernel issue, I have red about configuring the keyboard, but I don't find something that quite describes this issue, neither in the wiki nor in the forums.

When I boot the Live media, I can select from the GRUB options fine, it is just when it takes me to the zsh prompt, that it doesn't work anymore, I am fully updated!

Could someone please point me to the relevant configuration files, that I must seek in the other Distros that work, perhaps I can then port the config to this Arch installation.

The touchpad works, but KDE only sees it as a normal mouse, no vertical scrolling menu appears in System Settings.

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by ismaelvc (2014-01-30 19:18:09)

ismaelvc · 2014-01-30 19:17:52

I just found the solution!

Here:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/276493/k … -lg-laptop

I added to my kernel line in /etc/default/grub and updated grub:

i8042.nopnp=1 i8042.dumbkbd=1

Now it looks like this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash ipv6.disable=1 i8042.nopnp=1 i8042.dumbkbd=1"

Last edited by ismaelvc (2014-01-30 19:18:42)

drcouzelis · 2014-01-30 19:24:44

Great! Thanks for posting the solution.

Did you solve the touchpad problem too? I think those settings are usualy related to Touchpad Synaptics.

ismaelvc · 2014-01-31 16:46:17

drcouzelis wrote:

Great! Thanks for posting the solution.
Did you solve the touchpad problem too? I think those settings are usualy related to Touchpad Synaptics.

Indeed I just updated my config with the frequently used options example in the wiki, now it works perfectly, but I remember KDE had a dialog to configure that also.

Right now I am installing

synaptiks-git

from AUR, I think that's the one I'm looking for, I'm surprised it's not part of KDE.

Thanks drcouzelis!

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#1 2014-01-30 18:15:48

[SOLVED] Keyboard not detected neither in ttys nor X.

#2 2014-01-30 19:17:52

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#3 2014-01-30 19:24:44

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