Subject: Re: bug#47982: Unable to type password for encrypted fs due to usb keyboard

From: luhui <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:58:04 +0800

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 09:34:45PM +0100, James Fenn wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I attempted to install guix system on an gpd micropc laptop, choosing an
> encrypted filesystem without a separate home partition. The laptop keyboard
> is a usb keyboard. Once installed,  I was able to use the keyboard for the
> first time the password was asked for. The second time, however, the
> keyboard was not functional.

Does your machine have a special kernel module for the keyboard?
If have, please add the system configuration file:

```
(operating-system
 ;; ...
 (initrd-modules
  (append
   (list
    "module1"
    "module2")
   %base-initrd-modules)))

```