Sudoedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-intel_vbtn. The former may be preferable, since you can then just delete the file when it is no longer required (i.e. To implement this, you can either create a new file in /etc/modprobe.d with the suffix. Can usually go to recovery and boot from kernel 5.4.0-42 or use an external keyboard.īlacklisting the intel_vbtn kernel module is a workaround for this, as seen in Why my laptop's keyboard screwed up since kernel 5.4.0-47 till 5.8.0-20 There is a bug in recent kernels that disables some laptop keyboards. The fix below works if the following command gives you any number that is not 31 or 32. Step-4: Afterwards, click Browse my computer for driver software. The problem is Ubuntu thinks your PC is a tablet and diables the keyboard. Touchpad or trackpad is not working - ThinkPad - update drivers.