GNU bug report logs - #47982
Unable to type password for encrypted fs due to usb keyboard

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From: James Fenn <james <at> jamesfenn.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Unable to type password for encrypted fs due to usb keyboard
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:34:45 +0100

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Hi!

I attempted to install guix system on an gpd micropc laptop, choosing an
encrypted filesystem without a separate home partition. The laptop keyboard
is a usb keyboard. Once installed,  I was able to use the keyboard for the
first time the password was asked for. The second time, however, the
keyboard was not functional.

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Message #8 received at 47982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: luhui <luhuins <at> 163.com>
To: James Fenn <james <at> jamesfenn.com>
Cc: 47982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47982: Unable to type password for encrypted fs due to usb
 keyboard
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:58:04 +0800

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 09:34:45PM +0100, James Fenn wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I attempted to install guix system on an gpd micropc laptop, choosing an
> encrypted filesystem without a separate home partition. The laptop keyboard
> is a usb keyboard. Once installed,  I was able to use the keyboard for the
> first time the password was asked for. The second time, however, the
> keyboard was not functional.

Does your machine have a special kernel module for the keyboard?
If have, please add the system configuration file:

```
(operating-system
 ;; ...
 (initrd-modules
  (append
   (list
    "module1"
    "module2")
   %base-initrd-modules)))

```

Message #13 received at 47982-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: luhui <luhuins <at> 163.com>
Cc: James Fenn <james <at> jamesfenn.com>, 47982-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47982: Unable to type password for encrypted fs due to usb
 keyboard
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:05:40 -0400

Hello,

luhui <luhuins <at> 163.com> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 09:34:45PM +0100, James Fenn wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> I attempted to install guix system on an gpd micropc laptop, choosing an
>> encrypted filesystem without a separate home partition. The laptop keyboard
>> is a usb keyboard. Once installed,  I was able to use the keyboard for the
>> first time the password was asked for. The second time, however, the
>> keyboard was not functional.
>
> Does your machine have a special kernel module for the keyboard?
> If have, please add the system configuration file:
>
> ```
> (operating-system
>  ;; ...
>  (initrd-modules
>   (append
>    (list
>     "module1"
>     "module2")
>    %base-initrd-modules)))
>
> ```

Being USB, I don't think any special support from the kernel Linux would
need to be enabled, but we'd need to know which keyboard exactly.

Closing since this is a very old bug.  I hope you could sort it out!

Thanks,

Maxim

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