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I'm trying to install Arch Linux on a new system with a Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI board. Although I can use the USB keyboard (and mouse) in the BIOS, the keyboard doesn't seem to work at all once I boot off the boot DVD.

There are several people who've solved this problem by enabling IOMMU in the BIOS. I couldn't find an option called IOMMU, but I found VT-d, which I believe is the same thing. It's enabled.

Also, Arch detects my (wifi) network card and attempts to run DHCP on it. I don't know if this is relevant, but I think I remember reading that if IOMMU is disabled network cards aren't detected.

EDIT: I tried disabling UEFI in the BIOS, just in case... No change. I still have no keyboard.

EDIT 2: I think maybe appropriate kernel modules for my USB controllers aren't available (or aren't loading?) I went into hardware info from the install disk boot menu, and under PCI Devices, I can see three USB controllers.  The "product" line reads:

8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family EHCI

Vendor is Intel Corporation. Module is unknown.  Maybe this is the issue? Most other devices have modules listed.

EDIT 3: This seems to be an issue with the install disk kernel, apparently it doesn't support the Logitech unifying receiver: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/35991

The kernel mentioned in that bug report is in fact on the current 01/08/2013 install disk, and I have a unifying receiver. I managed to boot a Gentoo minimal install disk off a USB stick and the keyboard was fine. So I think I've answered my own question. Unless anyone has anything to add...?

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  • VT-d is for hardware-enabled virtualization support such as KVM
    – justbrowsing
    Aug 14, 2013 at 11:13
  • I knew the two were related, but there's an Ehow that indicates they're labels for the same setting: ehow.com/how_7705109_enable-iommu-bios.html
    – rainbowgoblin
    Aug 14, 2013 at 18:13
  • My point was it's not going to help unless you installed ArchLinux in a Virtual Machine. Sorry.
    – justbrowsing
    Aug 14, 2013 at 18:15
  • Oh. Right. That's a good point.
    – rainbowgoblin
    Aug 14, 2013 at 18:19

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The kernel used on the August 2013 install disk, 3.10.4, apparently doesn't include support for the Logitech Unifying Receiver. The problem seems to have been fixed in the 3.10.6 kernel: after I installed Arch using a wired keyboard, my wireless keyboard worked fine using the unifying receiver with the Arch kernel that was installed (3.10.6). I also compiled my own 3.10.7 kernel and my wireless keyboard is still working.

Most of the bug reports and forum posts relating to this issue come from Arch websites, but I found a post from a Ubuntu user, so this may or may not be a more general problem.

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In my case I looked at the BIOS options for my LanParty motherboard and found that I needed to enable the USB keyboard. That solved the problem.

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