Update: Issue disappeared without doing anything. After just letting my computer sit turned off for a few hours I started it back up to troubleshoot. Now it works again. Something happened to break it and then to unfuck it again without any input from me. Something is unstable and I’m gonna try to figure it out.

Started my PC up today, logged in like normal, but my keyboard wont work after logging in. Except for the calculator button. None of the keys will actually do anything. But logging in works normally.

Worked fine last night, no updates have run or anything. Where to start diagnosing this? In a way where I won’t need a keyboard?

Fedora 42 KDE

Edit: Keyboard works fine in a live environment on the USB I used to install yesterday. Tried a different keyboard on my main install, and that didn’t work either. So it’s not the keyboard itself at least

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    Checked your accessibility menu and see if anything there may be turned on?

    Also, can you drop to a straight terminal (ALT+F2) and the key card works fine?

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Also, can you drop to a straight terminal (ALT+F2) and the key card works fine?

      Alt-Fn works to switch among terminals once you’re in a terminal.

      If you’re in Xorg or Wayland already, then you need Control-Alt-Fn to get out to a terminal, and I believe that some distros disable this.

    • Parptarf@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Tried turning stuff on, then off, then reset to default. Nothing.

      Nothing, except function keys for volume etc. and the calculator keys work when I’m logged in. I can log out and write my password normally.

      I can get to a console from the login screen, which tells me to login. But I get incorrect credentials even though they are correct.

        • Parptarf@lemm.eeOPEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Logi MX Keys S.

          I had an update available today(after this issue). Ran it but it didn’t fix the issue sadly.

          • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            1 day ago

            Okay, so let’s try connectit via BT as a test at least. You said it wasn’t showing up in your BT menu, check this out.

            The other thing here is that this is a wireless-only key card, so you’ve got a potential HID configuration problem because of that receiver. The fact that you can actually login first, THEN it stops working tells me it’s something like this. The fact it works fine on LiveUSB screams settings/config issue. You may need that LiveUSB again to go in and chroot some stuff away.

            • Parptarf@lemm.eeOPEnglish
              1·
              1 day ago

              It just works again after the computer being shut off for a few hours. I did quite a few restarts earlier today that didn’t help so something isn’t right. I’m thinking there’s something broken with the HID config myself.

              If I was on Windows I’d reinstall the driver, check chipset driver etc. maybe check if there’s something wrong with Logitech’s software. I’ll do some digging now that I have a keyboard again to see how if I find anything.

                • Parptarf@lemm.eeOPEnglish
                  1·
                  1 day ago

                  Yeah, all my settings are the same as when it didn’t work.

                  Does linux do any driver check or something when booting?

                  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    1·
                    1 day ago

                    Every boot, but it won’t automatically change any settings by interacting with any of them. Gotta be something in userspace, or just the hardware acting up. Maybe change the batteries 😂