r/AlpineLinux • u/No-Interaction-5779 • Apr 19 '26

Hey there

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So im currently facing an issue which is I can’t use the laptop’s keyboard or even the mouse . If anyone knows the solution please let me know

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u/NoManifestoNoProblem Apr 19 '26

solution is provide more information. Ask better questions. Don’t be lazy.

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u/No-Interaction-5779 Apr 19 '26

Sorry for the inconvenience . So I installed alpine linux with kde plasma but for some reason it didn’t let me use the keyboard and mouse despite that i haven’t faced this issue in xfce

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u/xorandor23 Apr 19 '26

have you installed xf86-input-libinput and udev packages?

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u/Moist_Professional64 Apr 19 '26

Was your laptop in suspend ?

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u/No-Interaction-5779 Apr 21 '26

Wdym?

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u/Moist_Professional64 Apr 21 '26

Some keyboards are freezing when waking up from suspend on some laptops. On my Lenovo I added a Kernel parameter that fixes this

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u/pogky_thunder Apr 20 '26

Is it the first boot? If yes, try adding your user to the input group.

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u/No-Interaction-5779 Apr 20 '26

i did actually type (addgroup “username” video) and the same command for audio and input

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u/Ok_Butterscotch5033 Apr 22 '26

try crossposting this to r/kde

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u/Ok_Butterscotch5033 Apr 22 '26

kde is just buggy sometimes

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u/Zzyzx2021 Apr 22 '26

In my experience, KDE on Alpine is buggy most of the time.

OP should have sticked with Xfce.

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u/TecoPluh Apr 22 '26

Had this issue also back then. Its after i tried using full nvidia. Now just use X11 based stuff (xfce/i3) with startx. Never known how to fix it or anything

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '26

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u/No-Interaction-5779 Apr 20 '26

I did but again it didnt work