soDDаксиома Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I have successfully booted Kali on my surface pro 4 using USB. there's only one problem, my keyboard isn't responsive. Is there anyway this problem can be fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rkiver Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 A quick google shows that the issue with the Surface covers is a known thing. There are also patches and fixes listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApPLe76 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 All well and good to say that but can you link any? I havent been able to find a single fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) 1, are we supposed to spoon feed you? 2, how hard did you look? I haven't a device to test, but literally top of google for this stuff came up https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/4feh9c/surface_pro_4_runs_kali_linux/ https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/66948-uefi-kali-linux-live-usb-on-surface-pro You'll need to compile a kernel drivers specifically for this apparently, so stock kali won't work for on-screen keyboard without modified kernel and drivers. best bet is USB keyboard and mouse or bluetooth. AS far as I know, the ubuntu kernel is not going to work for kali, and you would most likely break a lot of the tools in the process. I don't know of any patched kali kernel at this time. That said you could put ubuntu on it with https://launchpad.net/~tigerite/+archive/ubuntu/kernel apparently. You'd then have to put the tools you want on it. Edited May 20, 2017 by digip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApPLe76 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Is it safe to assume you have read no further than that reddit page as tigerite has mentioned that his kernels dont work for the SP4, though you know your stuff so hey, who am I to argue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApPLe76 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 1 minute ago, ApPLe76 said: Is it safe to assume you have read no further than that reddit page as tigerite has mentioned that his kernels dont work for the SP4, though you know your stuff so hey, who am I to argue. Ah, so according to Tigerite there is a slim chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 6 hours ago, ApPLe76 said: Ah, so according to Tigerite there is a slim chance. You should be able to get the keyboard working in uBuntu with the links above, but more than likely, not going to get it to work in kali without USB keyboard and mouse, or bluetooth, as there are no Kali patches for the kernel to use the SP4's on-screen keyboard. I even searched the kali forums, found no one that had working on-screen keyboard. If you google, you'll see people stating to use USB or bluetooth. If there were a relevant working kali version, it would more than likely be easily found and talked about. What I have seen is people saying you can use VMware on the Surface pro, but you;d have to test that yourself. You'd then have to use a USB wifi card since VMware can't use the wifi natively on systems, only physical ethernet bridged connections from the host side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtpk Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I have a Surface Pro 3 and the best thing I found to do that is the most stable is to just use a virtual machine and then install Kali Linux on it. Sure it can shudder but it never stops or freezes and still has consistent speeds with most the programs I use as my laptop does with Kali installed on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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