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cs02rm0

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No keyboard input at login prompt

Hi

Trying Arch for the first time on a Hades Canyon. I've followed the install guide, using systemd-boot and also installed gnome. (Compiled 4.18.0-rc3 from source and added some firmware blobs for the AMD graphics too).

I get past the bootloader to a text (not gdm, but basic console) login prompt, but my USB keyboard which works fine from the flash drive I used to install doesn't work. The caps lock light comes on if I hit it, but there's no text input and CTRL-ALT-F1,2,3, etc. don't switch TTY.

There were far less keymap files than on the flash drive, I've copied the i386 and mac ones over but that doesn't seem to have helped. I've installed openssh too but there's no sign of it coming up on the network at all.

Any suggestions?

Last edited by cs02rm0 (2018-07-03 08:26:04)

jasonwryan

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Re: No keyboard input at login prompt

Compare the modules in your kernel and the live media.

Just installing the package is not enough, you need to `enable --now` the service.

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cs02rm0

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Re: No keyboard input at login prompt

I've enabled it, but it's not on the network - my router shows it's not a DHCP client when booted from SSD.

loqs

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Re: No keyboard input at login prompt

Boot the live media chroot in and post the kernel messages from a 4.18.0-rc3 boot and the output of dmesg for comparison.
When you built the kernel did you generate a new .config or modify an existing one?

cs02rm0

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Re: No keyboard input at login prompt

New config. Looks like the standard kernel lets me log in, but gdm won't start (but then I'm not expecting anything graphical to work without the 4.18 kernel).

loqs

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Re: No keyboard input at login prompt

Please post that .config as well as my previous requests from post #4

cs02rm0

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Re: No keyboard input at login prompt

Thanks, before I could figure out how to get them off I spotted a message about not being able to validate one of the firmware files, redownloaded that and now I'm all the way in.