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NP_complete
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 Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 3:32 am Post subject: [Worked around] Minimal USB: no touchpad during install |
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This is a new, completely OS-free, EFI-only system based on Coreboot. During the installation process, the gpm is apparently running, but the mouse is not showing up. Restarting gpm brings up the message | Quote: | | Not Loading APM Bios support |
I tried loading mousedev manually - no result. Any help?
Many thanks.
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figueroa
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| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 4:25 am Post subject: |
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Make it easier on yourself and boot from one of the popular live-usbs (doesn't have to be Gentoo-based) and do the Gentoo install in a command-line window.
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NP_complete
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| Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:50 am Post subject: |
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@figueroa, thanks a lot for replying. As you suggested, I tried LiveUSB out for the first time. Good news is: I got the mouse cursor this time around. Bad news is: I did not get KDE, as promised, because the system fell back on text-only mode immediately. Worse, the touchpad buttons are still not working: I can select text but pressing the right button doesn't paste it. Good news is: I plugged an external USB mouse, and everything worked even with minimal USB.
Using an external mouse is a trivial solution, but I couldn't imagine this would be needed after using minimal install for many years. I couldn't imagine that a touchpad may not be supported. |
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pietinger
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| Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| NP_complete wrote: | | [...] Bad news is: I did not get KDE, as promised, because the system fell back on text-only mode immediately. Worse, the touchpad buttons are still not working: I can select text but pressing the right button doesn't paste it. [...] |
If you can't initialise the graphics, then the touchpad is the least of your worries. Normally our GentooLiveCD can initialise almost any graphics card correctly. Before you install Gentoo, I strongly recommend a second test: Boot with the latest UbuntuLiveCD and check if at least Ubuntu is able to start a graphical user interface. If this is also not the case, I see two possible causes:
1. the graphics are defective, or 2. Linux cannot cope with the Coreboot installed here.
(I am writing this recommendation to avoid disappointment after installing Gentoo).
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