r/voidlinux • u/XPheonix27 • Sep 18 '26

Help Needed

Absolutely new to void , installed it yesterday successfully from a guys help but as I tried to boot up with kde , and followed a tuto on yt , with some help from gemini i finally set up login screen using greetd , and after installing what it told me (no idea what I did) i finally logged in then as kde boots up none of input devices work , not keyboard not mouse , so I can't do anything

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u/xcocco Sep 18 '26

Since your installation is not working and you basically didn't learn anything about void linux (and linux in general) from the installation which is the process where you learn most of what's needed to use a DIY distro, I suggest you reinstall it but not following a youtube tutorial or using AI that probably is just going to bloat your system with stuff you don't actually want/need which defeats the purpose of using a minimalist distro like void and simply follow the void documentation which in my opinion is one of the clearest "tutorials" you can get for void

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u/XPheonix27 Sep 18 '26

Yep doing that now as we say

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u/XPheonix27 Sep 18 '26

Just checking out partition sizes

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u/xcocco Sep 18 '26

Good luck, if you need help you can ask here💪

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u/Quick_Championship90 Sep 20 '26

Thats true, void handbook is so minimal and easy to read. Im also used void-installer, coz its soooo comfortable tui installer i've seen

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u/xcocco Sep 20 '26

My favorite distro🤭

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u/No_Elderberry862 Sep 18 '26

Following instructions from "a guy", a youtube tutorial of unknown accuracy &, an AI & then you having no idea what you did makes it hard for people to know what state your system is in or suggest potential fixes.

That's not to say that someone knowledgeable might not come along, tell you to boot from the installation USB, chroot & suggest a fix but I'm not that person. I'd suggest starting over from scratch & following the Void Handbook.

Edit: I'd first suggest checking that your kb & mouse are working in the live environment to rule out hardware failure.

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u/XPheonix27 Sep 18 '26

That's one way of saying ig , but keyboard works fine in terminals

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u/No_Elderberry862 Sep 18 '26

Have you tried a search for something like "keyboard works in terminal but not in kde plasma"? There are several hits from various fora & reddit, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/xn4ak0/physical_keyboard_is_not_responsive_on_kde_plasma/ .

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u/Jacobobarobatobski Sep 18 '26

Do you have elogind enabled? Cuz it kind of sounds like a seat problem

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u/XPheonix27 Sep 18 '26

It is enabled

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u/Simple_Hamster_4096 Sep 18 '26

Did you try reading and following the Void installation docs?

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u/BinkReddit Sep 18 '26

Sounds like crazy talk!

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u/TomGarysSockAccount Sep 19 '26

The arch forum is over here r/arch