Recently I added Rocky Linux because I wanted my OS system to boot from a SD card instead of the SSD because the hardware only came with 15g and I’ll need more if I want to work a few projects on it. During the live install, I noticed that I couldn’t use my laptop’s built in keyboard and mouse, so I ended up using a usb mouse and keyboard. I looked throughout the installation menu to look for my main keyboard and what I got was keymaps for various languages. I decided to install it anyways figuring that maybe it would go away after I update it, but it did not. I can’t find anything in the menu or system setting for my original keyboard.
Most live installers have an option to exit to a shell, and you could try something like ‘lshw’ or ‘dmidecode’, but unlike a big desktop pc, there’s no rule that says a laptop has to use a standard keyboard and mouse.
Most likely the kernel that is installed, doesn’t have the appropriate driver/module to allow you to use the internal keyboard and mouse. Which wouldn’t be surprising, as it’s based on the kernel in RHEL and with it being Enterprise Linux, they probably didn’t build in support for Chromebooks.
which will install a 6.x kernel that you can see if the internal keyboard/mouse within the Chromebook starts working. Or even install kernel-ml from elrepo also, which is the latest 6.x kernel.
Through some further research and testing, I was able to install the latest kernel and retrieve my embedded mouse. I don’t know why but the keyboard still isn’t responding. Thank you for the tips though!
To add, the only key that works is the power button. Any other key doesn’t work at all. does it have something to do with the keyboard layout? I was reading a little about it but it seems like the layout that I have might not be suitable for it but my knowledge is lacking.