+++
title = "Tuxedo: keyboard drivers"
aliases = [ '/posts/2023-01-24-tuxedo-notebook-driver-issues', '/posts/2023-01-23-tuxedo-notebook-driver-issues' ]
summary = """Parts of my obviously already lost memory about
that freaking tuxedo-keyboard drivers. Installation on
Fedora 37 and Manjaro Sway."""
date = "2023-01-24T23:05:11+0100"
categories = ["computerstuff"]
tags = ["linux", "fedora", "manjaro"]

+++

I had some "fun" recently when I realized that my keyboard on my main
laptop was lagging. Nearly every character at the end of a command or
at the beginning of a typing sequence were lost. I didn't noticed when
this exactly took over, but I started to hate this behaviour.

So I thought it might be a good idea to install the drivers from where
I bought the laptop in the first place.

## Fedora 37

Now it's already a few months ago since I made my notes about this,
I'm already running Manjaro Linux for a week or two so I'll just
format my notes a bit and let this reside on this page, for later use
I might have to re-investigate that sh** again...

~~~console
$ sudo dnf install kernel-devel
$ sudo dnf copr enable kallepm/tuxedo-keyboard
$ sudo dnf copr enable kallepm/tuxedo-control-center
$ sudo dnf install tuxedo-control-center
~~~

Since I usually won't need the Control-Center, and to only get actual
(as in up-to-date) drivers, clone the git repository.

~~~console
$ cd $HOME/git
$ git clone https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-keyboard.git
$ cd tuxedo-keyboard
$ git checkout release
~~~

Then build the module and ignore any error about vmlinux being
unavailable:

~~~console
$ make clean && make
~~~

Add the module as DKMS module:

~~~console
$ make clean
$ sudo make dkmsinstall
~~~

And finally load the modules with modprobe:

~~~console
$ sudo modprobe tuxedo_keyboard
~~~

`tuxedo_io` should normally be automatically loaded when you load
`tuxedo_keyboard`.

### Sources

* [How to get Tuxedo Control Cen...](https://www.reddit.com/r/tuxedocomputers/comments/uq6hka/how_to_get_tuxedo_control_center_working_on/)

## Manjaro (Sway)

Check what kernel version is running (`uname -a`)
and install the linux headers for that kernel.

~~~console
$ sudo pacman -S linux515-headers
~~~

Install `tuxedo-keyboard-dkms` from the wonderful AUR repository.

~~~console
$ sudo pacman -S tuxedo-keyboard-dkms
~~~

or if you use yay

~~~console
$ yay tuxedo-keyboard-dkms
~~~

Default values are crap (on my Polaris).

~~~console
$ echo "options tuxedo_keyboard color=WHITE" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/tuxedo_keyboard.conf
~~~

You may read on the tuxedo website that you load other colors
with `sudo modprobe tuxedo_keyboard color=BLUE` for example---
for me, this never worked. A reboot it is then for me.

They work on it, they say... But we know, this feature will never
be implemented. That state is now for 2 years since I bought that
"linux laptop" from Tuxedo. PS: I'd never buy one again.

### Sources

* [Tuxedo Computers Info page](https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/de/Infos/Hilfe-Support/Anleitungen/Tastatur-Treiber-fuer-TUXEDO-Computers-Modelle-mit-RGB-Tastatur-nachinstallieren.tuxedo)
* [Github tuxedo-keyboard](https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-keyboard)
* [Github tuxedo-control-center](https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-control-center)