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roshi

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Registered: 2017-12-10

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Macbook keyboard doesnt work anymore

Hi, first time posting here. I recently installed archlinux on my macbook and so far im really satisfied with arch. But now my keyboard doesnt work anymore and i cant get past the login program. My confirm works on my mac partition and on the live CD and it used to work on my arch install. First i suspected that it might be because of an kernel upgrade so i downgraded This worked for 1 boot but when i booted again i didnt work again. I kind of a noob on fixing these kinds of problems so it would be greatly appreciated if someone here knows where i should to start looking. Macbook model is macbookpro 11,2

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Macbook keyboard doesnt work anymore

"does not work" is no good problem descritption.
Can you still switch VT (ctrl+alt+f[1-6])?
Does your keyboard still work there?
What software stack do you use ("login manager" being gdm, sddm, ...)?
Does an external keyboard still work?
Can you othrwise ssh into the book?

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roshi

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Registered: 2017-12-10

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Re: Macbook keyboard doesnt work anymore

Hey Seth thank you for your reply.

Switching VT doesnt work either. I just use the login on the tty and then use startx to start my window manager. I only have access to this computer and to my phone since im on a small island in another country at the moment. Also i dont have access to an external keyboard at the moment. I can chroot into my installation using a live cd.

ashok

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Registered: 2016-10-12

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Re: Macbook keyboard doesnt work anymore

Share the content of xorg.conf and

 $ uname -a 

Last edited by ashok (2017-12-10 18:13:58)

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seth

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Re: Macbook keyboard doesnt work anymore

Basically install xf86-input-evdev and ensure to use it
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-keyboard.conf

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier          "Keyboard Defaults"
    MatchIsKeyboard	"yes"
    Driver		"evdev"
EndSection

There've recently been several reports reg. libinput being screwed up.

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roshi

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Registered: 2017-12-10

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Re: Macbook keyboard doesnt work anymore

Sorry for my late reply.

Because i was fed up with this problem i did a reinstall yesterday, all fine for a while. But after a while i got the same problem again.. no key input.

I tried installing xf86-input-evdev and making the 11-keyboard.conf file but this didnt work either. uname -a doesnt work in chroot for me and i have no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/.

The problem got a little weirder today. I noticed that i only have no keyboard input when my macbook is recharging its battery. So i can finally enter my system if i dont charge my macbook at that moment.

When im logged in to my system and start charging my laptop there is no keyboard problem at all. I have no idea what to do, but atleast i found a way into my system.

Last edited by roshi (2017-12-11 17:51:00)

seth

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Re: Macbook keyboard doesnt work anymore

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=232554

Some power management tools?

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