For sufficiently old fossils, it might be easier to boot from a live CD, if thumb drives aren't laying around already.
Distinguishing between a failed keyboard and a software misconfiguration can be helped by seeing the keyboard is not failed under different software. Knoppix distributions (at least in the past) had a reputation for being very good at autoconfiguring a wide variety of hardware. But if System 76 laptops are sufficiently specialized, it's possible no other OS will be happy with them. Should I assume you're already aware of this page? - https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-live-disk/ -- jmcg
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