Using Keyboard Case with Arch (DanctNix) (complete instructions)

[vgnmnky]

Just a reminder that step 4 can be replaced with "install ppkb-tools package and then enable the systemd service".

Thanks to both of you.  Unfortunately though, my keyboard doesn't work at all now!  Have I missed something?

I started with a fresh arch phosh, updated it (keyboard worked at this stage).  Installed ppkb-tools via pacman, enabled the service, rebooted.  But now nothing at all from the keyboard, except the charging.

Ideas appreciated

(Pinephone OG, first CE after Braveheart)

I'm not familiar with ppkb-tools. That sounds like if would have made things easier. But I know from experience that you can't have both the userland driver AND kb151 at the same time or the keyboard won't work. So perhaps you need to add "kb151.disable_input" to your boot.scr. Step 3 shows how to modify kernel parameters to do this.

Sorted!  In my haste, I missed those steps.

I've now edited the boot.txt filed, did sudo ./mkscr, rebooted, and it works.

The output of the number row with fn or shift is now correct (if I use US keyboard in settings), and Pine+F1-F10 seems to work fine too.  Hurrah! 

Just need to set it so my scaling and virtual keyboard settings aren't forgotten on reboot, and then I can properly start making use of this thing.

Thanks again.