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mt_arch_user

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From: Montana, USA

Registered: 2023-01-17

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Keyboard/mouse not recognized

I have a desktop computer that tripleboots Arch. openSUSE Leap and Windows.  Arch is my main OS.

When I reboot Arch, my keyboard and mouse are unresponsive until I pull the USB connectors out of the machine and reinsert them.  At that point, they work just fine.
This problem does not exist with openSUSE or Windows.  The openSUSE install is Leap, so it has an older version of the kernel compared to Arch.  And of course, Windows is Windows, which is used very infrequently.

It's not the end of the world, but it's annoying.

seth

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Re: Keyboard/mouse not recognized

b/c of windows, see the 3rd link below. Mandatory.
Disable it (it's NOT the BIOS setting!) and reboot windows and linux twice for voodo reasons.

Are you using a logitech unifying receiver?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=285653

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jl2

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From: 47° 18' N 8° 34' E

Registered: 2022-06-01

Posts: 1,389

Re: Keyboard/mouse not recognized

I guess the drivers aren't getting loaded during boot until you unplug them.
boot up, run dmesg -W, replug the keyboard and mouse and post the output.

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mt_arch_user

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From: Montana, USA

Registered: 2023-01-17

Posts: 111

Re: Keyboard/mouse not recognized

b/c of windows, see the 3rd link below. Mandatory.
Disable it (it's NOT the BIOS setting!) and reboot windows and linux twice for voodo reasons.

Are you using a logitech unifying receiver?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=285653

Windows faststart is disabled.
I'm not using Logitech.

This problem happens any time I reboot Arch.  I mean, I do not use either of the other OSs on a regular basis.
Example, I do sudo pacman -Syu, wait till it's done, reboot and the mouse/keyboard are unresponsive.
I unplug either the mouse of the keyboard and replug  it, they work.

All OSs are their own drive.  Windows may get booted twice a year, and usually just for updates.  I really have no use for Windows, I just paid for a license and want to keep it active and I had a spare drive, so why not?

openSUSE is using kernel 5.14.21 while Arch is using 6.1.27.
This didn't happen when I first installed Arch, so I *think* it has something to do with the kernel.

Last edited by mt_arch_user (2023-05-15 23:23:00)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Keyboard/mouse not recognized

boot up, run dmesg -W, replug the keyboard and mouse and post the output.

Afterwards also please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

Ftr:

All OSs are their own drive. Windows may get booted twice a year

Those facts are irrelevant to the dualboot situation.

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jl2

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From: 47° 18' N 8° 34' E

Registered: 2022-06-01

Posts: 1,389

Re: Keyboard/mouse not recognized

So, it only happens if you reboot arch->arch, right?
not: windows->arch, manjaro->arch?

maybe try the newest vanilla arch kernel, it's on v6.3.2.
or the linux-mainline, it's on v6.4, chaotic-aur repo has it precompiled.

Last edited by jl2 (2023-05-17 06:28:47)

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