[solved] Keyboard, Trackpad and Power button disabled at the same time

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Hi Everyone.

Yesterday, while using my FrameWork (an AMD 13”, but I’m sure it’s irrelevant :wink: ), suddenly, the Keyboard, Power button and Trackpad stopped working altogether :confused: even pushing the power button for 20 seconds didn’t shutdown the computer :confused:

A few minutes later I came back to the laptop and it was working again, as if nothing happened. The kernel log of my Linux didn’t show me anything special …

Then I understood what happened : I put my FrameWork on top of my old Asus Zenbook … and it seems that this other laptop have quite powerful magnets to keep some stuff shut or to detect the closing of the lid … and the FrameWork “thought“ it was closed, therefore disabling the keyboard & trackpad …

I tested this situation then, and it worked each time as planned : a few seconds after I put my FrameWork on my old Asus Zenbook, it shut down the keyboard the trackpad & the power button

I hope this may help people having the same issue : be aware of powerful magnets too close from your laptop :wink: