No support for keyboard in installer on Macs

[marmarek]

Reported by joanna on 22 Apr 2011 22:17 UTC
I tired it on a few Mac and on each Mac the installer couldn't support the keyboard. Perhaps this is a more generic problem of not supporting USB keyboard (Macs use USB keyboard)? Or perhaps our initrd for installer doesn't have all the required USB/HID modules? Or perhaps Xen is making problems?

Migrated-From: https://wiki.qubes-os.org/ticket/230

[marmarek]

Comment by marmarek on 24 Jun 2011 11:41 UTC
Which module is used for it in baremetal system?

I've tried some usb keyboard and it worked...

[marmarek]

Comment by marmarek on 24 Jun 2011 11:41 UTC
Which module is used for it in baremetal system?

I've tried some usb keyboard and it worked...

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 18 Jul 2011 21:54 UTC

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 18 Jul 2011 21:54 UTC

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 28 Jul 2011 09:33 UTC
Still, it doesn't work on any Mac I tried... We're missing some module or magic kernel config... Sigh.

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 28 Jul 2011 09:33 UTC
Still, it doesn't work on any Mac I tried... We're missing some module or magic kernel config... Sigh.

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 3 Oct 2011 15:43 UTC
Ok, this is definitely a problem with the installer's kernel, and not with general Xen-not-supporting-apple thing. I have verified that if I install Qubes Beta 2 on a HDD using a normal PC, and then swap this HDD into my Mac Pro, then I can boot this Qubes Beta 2 and use it without any problem. Yet, if I try to run the Qubes installer on this very same Mac I cannot get kbd.mouse working.

So, which module are we missing?

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 3 Oct 2011 15:43 UTC
Ok, this is definitely a problem with the installer's kernel, and not with general Xen-not-supporting-apple thing. I have verified that if I install Qubes Beta 2 on a HDD using a normal PC, and then swap this HDD into my Mac Pro, then I can boot this Qubes Beta 2 and use it without any problem. Yet, if I try to run the Qubes installer on this very same Mac I cannot get kbd.mouse working.

So, which module are we missing?

[marmarek]

Comment by marmarek on 3 Oct 2011 15:47 UTC
Please, send lsmod+dmesg from installed system. And if you can - lsmod+dmesg from installer (using external keyboard?).

[marmarek]

Comment by marmarek on 3 Oct 2011 15:47 UTC
Please, send lsmod+dmesg from installed system. And if you can - lsmod+dmesg from installer (using external keyboard?).

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 27 Dec 2011 21:33 UTC

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 27 Dec 2011 21:33 UTC

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 9 Apr 2012 09:46 UTC

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 9 Apr 2012 09:46 UTC

[dgramop]

Ubuntu has mac support. Is there any way we can somehow take a patch from them or something?

[dgramop]

Ubuntu has mac support. Is there any way we can somehow take a patch from them or something?

[dgramop]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/162083

Is how it is in ubuntu

[dgramop]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/162083

Is how it is in ubuntu

[hakusaro]

Somewhat hilariously, this ticket is marked as wontfix despite the system requirements page asking for patches to solve this. I'm guessing nobody cares anymore?

[hakusaro]

Somewhat hilariously, this ticket is marked as wontfix despite the system requirements page asking for patches to solve this. I'm guessing nobody cares anymore?

[unman]

@hakusaro I guess nobody cares because there have been many reports in the last couple of years on the mailing lists of people successfully installing Qubes on Macs, which suggests it should remain closed.

[unman]

@hakusaro I guess nobody cares because there have been many reports in the last couple of years on the mailing lists of people successfully installing Qubes on Macs, which suggests it should remain closed.