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Good afternoon, all!
I have an HP 11-n011dx that's been running Arch for almost a year now. It's my work travel laptop and it's been fine until about a month ago. Since I use it only monthly or so, I run pacman -Syu after logging in. Last month, I did this, and after a reboot, lost touchpad and keyboard. Here's what I know after some new testing:
* Arch version is 5.4.61-1-lts
* External USB keyboard/mouse works
* Laptop keyboard works in BIOS, GRUB and partway through booting. Laptop KBM stops working at login screen
* Once in Plasma with no KBM, I can plug in a USB keyboard and switch consoles to a bare terminal. I can unplug the keyboard and type on the laptop, UNTIL I go back to Plasma
* Here's the weirdest one: IN PLASMA, I can open a terminal and use showkey to read scancodes if I start it with a USB keyboard. showkey continues reading keycodes from the laptop after I unplug the USB keyboard
So, everything I'm seeing points to KDE/Plasma. I tried lsusb, dmesg and other utilities but couldn't find any errors. One thing I was able to fix was the touchpad - one post I found today suggested a user lost input from a bad synaptics.conf setup, and when I checked mine, my entire Synaptics package/setup was gone. Installing xf86-input-synaptics restored the touchpad in Plasma but had no effect on the built-in keyboard.
What can I check with the KDE setup or in Arch generally? Thank you all very much!
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Have you tried deleting all your Plasma configs? Sounds like a faulty config on Plasma, since you are saying it works well outside it.
Also, try installing xorg-drivers metapackage.
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Might be the same issue as I was having today: Latest xorg-server update, nonfuctioning laptop keyboard and touchpad
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I'm also facing problems with my laptop's keyboard and touchpad.
It ain't a assus or hp .
It's a chuwi.
If anyone found a solution i would greatly appreciate it.
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Hello again, all!
I know it's bad form to ask for help and not follow up, so I apologize. After trying the xorg-drivers-metapackage step, I got the touchpad back, but not the keyboard. I tried all sorts of config and xinput tomfoolery, and nothing worked for the built-in keyboard.
After several system updates, it started working again. I have no idea what specific change restored it.
Thank you all! I still enjoy Arch and i3wm on this little laptop!
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