Or do we just need to keep on buying keyboards until one works?
I'm asking because I bought the (IMHO best ergonomic mouse/keyboard combo; wireless) "Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop" [0], but only the mouse works (and only once you have logged into your QubesOS session), not the keyboard.
So based on what is one supposed to make the buying decision?
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[0] https://www.microsoft.com/accessories/en-us/products/keyboards/sculpt-ergonomic-desktop/l5v-00001
sculpt ergonomic should work fine once you've allowed keyboard and mouse forwarding (see the website faq on the usb qube).
Thank you! I believe you are referring to the section "How to use a USB keyboard" at https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb/ - I will be trying this out ASAP.
You've really drunk the cool-aid, haven't you? Products from the "land of the free", with its public-private Stasi (NSA in full cooperation with FAANG/Silicon Valley more generally) are inherently "more trustworthy" than those made in "China".
If only the world were that simple..
Sadly, that was a lie even when McCarthy and the Cold War were still in full swing, let alone now, when everything described in 1984 is both technologically completely possible, and enacted (the only difference being that it's done in a less blatantly fascist manner than in the book).
- When I use QubesOS out-of-the-box (without any special configuration), the mentioned USB mouse works right away, but not the USB keyboard.
- When I follow the instructions for the USB keyboard at https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb/#how-to-use-a-usb-keyboard then it works correctly (as advertised) already at the LUKS password input. However, neither keyboard nor mouse work at the QubesOS user/session authentication (once logged in, both do however work again).
Should I file a bug report?
I sometimes ran into this, when sys-usb was too slow or too fast to start, idk which. Reconnecting the USB plug usually worked.