Hey, Sorry for my very late reply to this, It somehow slipped past me at the time.
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi, > > Jessica Tallon <[email protected]> skribis: > >> I have tried GuixSD (the x86_64-linux image) on my Macbook Air 6,2 >> laptop. I unfortunately am not able to install it as my keyboard does >> not function. I know i doesn't require propriatory blobs for it to work >> as I have a trisquel live image and it works great on that. > > Is it version 0.8.1 of the image? I have tested it today with the 0.9.0 install image, the keyboard still doesn't work > The keyboard doesn’t work in the installation image itself, right? Yes. > >> It's an internal USB which shows up in lsusb as: >> >> Bus 001 Device 008: ID 05ac:828f Apple, Inc. >> >> I have tried plugging in an external USB keyboard which works fine so I >> don't think it's a driver issue. > > Could you plug in that USB keyboard and then run ‘lsusb’ at the > installation image’s prompt, to see if the Apple keyboard shows up? > The full output of lsusb on the installation image is: Bus 001 Device 008: ID 05ac:828f Apple, Inc. Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05ac:8406 Apple, Inc. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05ac:0291 Apple, Inc. Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) Bus 001 Device 009: ID 04d9:0169 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0951:1665 Kingson Technology Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub NB: one of the apple devices will be the trackpad, another probably the webcam. > If the Apple keyboard is actually seen as a USB keyboard, then I would > expect it to use the same USB HID driver that the external keyboard uses > no? I suspect so too although I'm not entirely sure. > > Thanks for the report, > Ludo’. Thansk, Jessica.
