Hello, i was also fighting with the same issue after upgrading to newer kernel. The wiki https://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard#How_to_enable_USB_keyboard_in_initramfs helped me to figure out the problem. In short: 1. identify all kernel modules your USB keyboard is using/depends on 2. add those modules to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file 3. run update-initramfs -u
For my Lenovo USB Compact keyboard following modules were necessary to add so that i was able to type LUKS password at boot using the keyboard: usbcore usb_common usbhid hid ehci_pci xhci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd ehci_hcd hid_generic hid_lenovo HTH, Stano On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Arno Schuring <aelschur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > From: deb...@alexkretschmer.de > > Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:44:14 +0200 > > > > Hello, > > I have a system running raid1, dmcrypt and lvm2. > > Debian Version is jessie / stable > > My disks have a small partition for boot, the rest ist encrypted incl. > the system. > > Therefore I'm forced to work with an initrd to at least build the raid, > decrypt the 2nd partition and provide the virtual disks before the full > system is able to boot. > > > > Unfortunately I can't get my USB Keyboard to work. Neither in a rescue > shell nor to type the decryption password. > > You probably are missing hid_generic. You need either that module or > evdev (iirc) for input (hot/cold)plugging to work. Even with those > modules, I still haven't been able to access the usb keyboard connected > through my laptop's docking station, though, so this may not be the > complete answer. > > > Regards, > Arno > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/dub124-w271c66591d013088560946b8...@phx.gbl > >
