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Keyboard still not working after completing install
Sorry if this is an obvious issue as I'm fairly new to Linux and all, but after completing all of the steps and rebooting the system I still can't get my built in laptop keyboard to work. I'm using a 1st gen Surface Laptop (here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075S63JPS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
The thing is I know the keyboard actually does work since I can push the button that changes the brightness of the backlighting for the keys themselves. It also works before I log into Linux when I can choose between my Linux or Windows partition, but I can't seem to get it to work in Linux itself.
I'd assume this is just an issue of Linux recognizing the keyboard itself as a valid input, but I have no idea how to fix that, and I've been trying every solution I could find for the past two weeks with no luck.
I had the same issue, then I choose linux-surface kernel during the boot and it worked (use SHIFT to change the kernel when booting). Currently, I am trying to set it as default
Please make sure you're booted into the right kernel via uname -a. That should show something containing surface. If you are booting into the right kernel and the problem still occurs please post a dmesg log.
what's your version of system? Mine is ubuntu 19.10 and it doesn't work.
Please help me.! I follow the steps but what do you put for version? No keyboard sucks!
Btw. you should have a look at https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/ as we're maintaining up-to-date patches and releases there. Specifically https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-Setup for installation.
Thank you
On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 6:10 PM Maximilian Luz [email protected] wrote:
Btw. you should have a look at https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/ as we're maintaining up-to-date patches and releases there. Specifically https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-Setup for installation.
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not really sure what on there to use or i need or how to use it but thanks all the same
On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 9:10 AM kristofor miller [email protected] wrote:
Thank you
On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 6:10 PM Maximilian Luz [email protected] wrote:
Btw. you should have a look at https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/ as we're maintaining up-to-date patches and releases there. Specifically https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-Setup for installation.
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You'll need to install the kernel just like in this repo. The easiest way is if you set the package repository and follow these steps: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-Setup#surface-kernel-installation.
I installed the kernel and most of the stuff is working fine except no touch screen
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 2:22 PM Maximilian Luz [email protected] wrote:
You'll need to install the kernel just like in this repo. The easiest way is if you set the package repository and follow these steps: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-Setup#surface-kernel-installation .
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In short: For full touchscreen support you should install the 4.19 (LTS) kernel. On 5.5 you can enable either single-touch OR stylus, with stylus enabled by default. There's a bit about that here: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/issues/94#issuecomment-590118336.
So right now I'm using 5.5.6 id have to downgrade?
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 2:29 PM Maximilian Luz [email protected] wrote:
In short: For full touchscreen you should install the 4.19 (LTS) kernel. On 5.5 you can enable either single-touch OR stylus, with stylus enabled by default. There's a bit about that here: linux-surface/linux-surface#94 (comment) https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/issues/94#issuecomment-590118336 .
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4.19 is a long-term-support release and we will try to maintain it on the same feature-level (meaning the same/similar patches) as the current release (5.5 at the moment).
what's your version of system? Mine is ubuntu 19.10 and it doesn't work.
It also doesn't work on my surface with 19.10
