Arch Linux

sh_h1

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Registered: 2023-07-12

Posts: 1

New (first) Installation Problems

Hi

Yesterday I tried my first Arch installation on an XPS 13 9320.
I followed the installation instructions with one exception: encrypting /root and /home. My goal was to enter the password once to decrypt /root and then automatically decrypt /home using a keyfile on /root.

That's why I configured mkinitcpio.conf with the following hooks

HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block encrypt lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck)

How I tried to configure Grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet kbd_layout=de"
GRUB_INIT_TUNE="menu --timeout=3"

My problems with Grub(?)..:

1. Grub doesn't accept the keyboard configuration I want to use (de-latin1 or kbd_layout=de).
2. I have only one attempt to enter the password
3. The biggest problem: it won't accept my password even though I'm pretty sure I typed it correctly, even with US keymaps.

A bit more explanation on 3:

If I use the Arch iso and mount the encrypted partition: no problem. Even if I don't use the de-latin1 keymap. I think there is another reason why this fails. I've tried many times and I'm sure I entered the right password, even with a US keymap.

Do you have any idea how to solve this?

Thanks in advance!
Simon