The issue is that in the pre-OS environment there isn't support for elaborate hardware. UEFI can emulate that support, by making newer hardware appear to be older hardware, but it needs to be enabled and it won't necessarily work for everything. In particular, even if it would work if it were enabled, not having it enabled means that you can't get into the UEFI setup to enable it.
So, the easy option is to plug in an old keyboard.
The slightly more complicated solution (which also works for when you've inadvertently enabled Fast Boot, which also prevents you entering the UEFI setup) is to run
Code:
systemctl reboot --firmware-setup
That will reboot you into your UEFI setup, where you can enable the emulation of old input devices. If neither your keyboard nor your mouse works in your UEFI setup, you'll still need to find an old keyboard to plug in.
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