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Notebook keyboard doesnt work with Ubuntu

Asked by Casimir Castor

On my Medion Akoya S15449-MD61991 Notebook the keyboard doesnt work with Ubuntu 20.04 nor other linux distribucions (Fedora, Mandriva). It neither works with Free BSD nor open Indiana. Ubuntu is the system which I use always as main system. The other systems I actualy only install in the virtual box. But to test if it is only a Ubuntu specific issue or Linux in generell I tried it also with the other systems. But with the same result.
The prolem is not the hardware because in the UEFI the keyboard works correctly. And in grub it is working too. But when the installation starts it is not possible anymore to make any keybord input. Finaly I finished the installation with the screen keyboard. And still now I`m using all the time the screen keyboard. But this can`t become a habit.
Of course I have already searched for possible solutions on the internet. It seems I`m not the only one. Rather it looks like that this issue is a common issue on Medion notebooks. I also found a webpage where they offer a kernel-patch which probably should fix the problem. But because I`m not familiar with theese kind of things and also another user said that the patch didnt fix the problem I hope for another solution of the problem.
It would be nice if anybody got a solution!

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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) said (last edit ): 		#1

Sounds like a hardware issue. On screen keyboard works, multiple OS. Good, defiantly not software.
Did the keyboard strip come out of its connector located under the actual keyboard.
It has a lock that holds the keyboard strip in place locked and properly connected. Is the keyboard faulty needing replaced.
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch002101.htm
Anyone else please advise.

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Casimir Castor (mrmxyptlk) said : 		#2

Thank you for your answer! But it is not a hardware issue. In UEFI and grub the keybord is working correctly. Only operating systems can`t identify the keyboard. I think it is a driver or a kernel issue??

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

Does an external keyboard work (connected via USB)?

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Casimir Castor (mrmxyptlk) said : 		#4

Didnt try an external keyboard yet because I ain`t got one. I will get one to try. But I already think that it will work without any problem because all USB- devices working correctly.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

More possibilities for diagnostics:

Does the output of the commands

lsusb
lspci

show anything that might be the keyboard?

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Casimir Castor (mrmxyptlk) said (last edit ): 		#6

I tried with a USB-keyboard and it worked perfectly.

This is the output of lsusb:

Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0480:a202 Toshiba America Inc Canvio Basics HDD
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 13d3:56f5 IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0480:0900 Toshiba America Inc MQ04UBF100
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. 4-port hub
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 30fa:0400 USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

This is the output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9a14 (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a49 (rev 01)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a03 (rev 01)
00:0a.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a0d (rev 01)
00:0d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a13 (rev 01)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device a0ed (rev 20)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Device a0ef (rev 20)
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device a0f0 (rev 20)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device a0e8 (rev 20)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device a0e0 (rev 20)
00:19.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device a0c5 (rev 20)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a0b0 (rev 20)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device a082 (rev 20)
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Device a0c8 (rev 20)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device a0a3 (rev 20)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device a0a4 (rev 20)
01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Phison Electronics Corporation E12 NVMe Controller (rev 01

For my understanding (which is not the best) nothing about the keyboard??

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Do you have the latest BIOS?

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Casimir Castor (mrmxyptlk) said : 		#8

Yes latest BIOS is installed!

After all my investigations it seems that the problem can be solved only with a future Kernel....
I got the latest Linux-kernel (5.14). But as long as keyboard-drivers for this hardware not included in the Linux-kernel it wont work.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#9

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