Bug 2354984 - When installing 42 beta rc7 cosmic DE the framework keyboard and touchpad works but usb kb/mouse do not work in cosmic UNTIL you install another DE
Summary: When installing 42 beta rc7 cosmic DE the framework keyboard and touchpad wor...
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Status: CLOSED EOL
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: cosmic-greeter
Version: 42
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Ryan Brue
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Reported: 2025-03-26 00:55 UTC by Matt Keith
Modified: 2026-06-08 16:45 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-06-08 16:45:16 UTC
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Description Matt Keith 2025-03-26 00:55:40 UTC
When installing 42 beta rc7 cosmic DE the framework keyboard and touchpad works but usb kb/mouse do not work in cosmic UNTIL you install another DE. I also experience this on the live cd rc3 and the KB/Mouse continue to not function after upgrade to latest, rc7, until I install KDE using this command:
 sudo dnf install @kde-desktop

Once kde-destop is installed cosmic greeter and cosmic see my keyboard and mouse input and the RGB lighting comes on.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect USB keyboard and mouse through a Dell Dock (have not tried directly into laptop)
2. Live boot Fedora COSMIC Spin 42 Live ISO on Framework Laptop 
Actual Results:  
Observe that the framework keyboard works fine but the USB keyboard/mouse do not.

Expected Results:  
External KB/Mouse should work

Once I install kde plasma, even if I still use cosmic greeter, the KB/Mouse starts working perfectly.
sudo dnf install @kde-desktop

Comment 1 Fedora Release Engineering 2026-05-06 12:31:08 UTC
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Comment 2 Aoife Moloney 2026-06-08 16:45:16 UTC
Fedora Linux 42 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2026-05-27.

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