Keyboard MacBook 12" / 8, 1 2015

[crazed-developer]

System details

Apple Macbook 12" 2015

What's wrong?

Hi,

In Omarchy 3.0.2, this file was edited: https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/blob/master/install/config/hardware/fix-apple-spi-keyboard.sh

I understand to add support for the keyboard on the Apple Macbook 12" 2015 / 8,1

But during install, keyboard does not work. So can not go through the menus.

Hope somebody can help, i would like to repurpose this computer as a spare for trips.

Kind regards
Steffen Otto Jensen

[joelgaff]

Hey @crazed-developer - I think this may be due to not including the intel_lpss_pci module for MacBook8,1 models. I added a hotfix PR for this: #2116.

If you know how, see if by adding the intel_lpss_pci module to the fix-apple-spi-keyboard.sh file at line 8, so It looks like the below code, fixes this for you:

echo "MODULES=(applespi intel_lpss_pci spi_pxa2xx_platform spi_pxa2xx_pci)" | sudo tee /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/macbook_spi_modules.conf >/dev/null

[crazed-developer]

I would love to do a quick test, but not sure how..

My best guess is to clone the repo, edit the file as you say, and then some how build the iso, and create a new install usb from the iso just built?

should i run install.sh for this ?

Thanks for your efforts!!

[joelgaff]

I think if you just find the fix-apple-spi-keyboard.sh file on your machine, and edit it, that should be all you need (maybe a rebot after editing it).

in Alacritty or whatever terminal you're using, run this command:

nvim ~/.local/share/omarchy/install/config/hardware/fix-apple-spi-keyboard.sh

This should open the file in Neovim. Then edit line 8 to be:

echo "MODULES=(applespi intel_lpss_pci spi_pxa2xx_platform spi_pxa2xx_pci)" | sudo tee /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/macbook_spi_modules.conf >/dev/null

Essentially we want to just add the 'intel_lpss_pci' bit to the MODULES list.

The reboot, and see if that fixes the issue.

[crazed-developer]

I have been unable to even install the operating system, as after booting the installation media, I have no keyboard to traverse the installation menu.

So still on a very old macOS in the machine

[joelgaff]

Ahhh, I see. I'm not sure of the fix off the top of my head, but will see if I can discover anything. Maybe someone else can chime in with any advice, too?...

[jaggy]

Hey there! To help out with this issue, I set up a fresh Omarchy on a MacBook 12" 2015 and added intel_lpss_pci that didn't seem to do the trick.

I checked the dmesg logs and it says

applespi spi-APP000D:00: SPI transfer timed out
applespi spi-APP000D:00: Error reading from device: -110

Let me know if you need any more commands run to test it out. 👋

[coopenstein]

This issue was being tracked here, but was closed in error: #1954

[jaggy]

@joelgaff I don't know much about compatibility and drivers much but I've been using PopOS on my Macbook 12" and there the keyboard and trackpad works. Same with Linux Mint. Not sure if that helps in any way.

I also dug in a bit with the error and found this kernel issue that was reported earlier this year that possibly caused issues.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2107976

[joelgaff]

Thanks for testing @jaggy! This is good to know, and just what I was looking to find out. I'll dig into that error log later and see if I can find anything helpful in there.

Thanks for pointing that out @coopenstein - there's obviously something happening that we haven't nailed down in the current fixes. There were some fixes on similar Mac models in 3.0.2, but again, we didn't cover this part it looks like.

[DonMilon]

Yesterday evening I stumbled over this, which worked perfectly fine for me:

https://gist.github.com/wey-gu/0996ef17742dc5002eccea9391b62e9f

[joelgaff]

@DonMilon what's the model identifier (is it a MacBook8,1?). If so the solution to this may be here: #1959

[voody77]

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