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stbug

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How to change keymap on GRUB?

I'm trying to login and my keyboard doesn't seem to work, but the keys I have binded in the /etc/vconsole.conf work and I can write in the GRUB boot params.
How can I change the keymap to us as a parameter?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

the keys I have binded in the /etc/vconsole.conf work and I can write in the GRUB boot params

Apologies if I am misunderstanding but vconsole.conf has no effect at the GRUB boot screen, it is read by systemd.

You should probably share the content of that file.

EDIT: to answer your question: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB/T … early_boot

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2025-02-03 21:26:23)

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stbug

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

the keys I have binded in the /etc/vconsole.conf work and I can write in the GRUB boot params

Apologies if I am misunderstanding but vconsole.conf has no effect at the GRUB boot screen, it is read by systemd.

You should probably share the content of that file.

EDIT: to answer your question: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB/T … early_boot

I don't have any problem in the GRUB root screen, the problem is when I login, thats why I wanted to set the keymaps there

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

Please share the full content of /etc/vonsole.conf, thanks.

And please don't full-quote unnecessarily, it makes the thread harder to follow.

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stbug

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

Please share the full content of /etc/vonsole.conf

(I didn't know haha)
Well now I fixed it in another way but here is the /etc/vconsole.conf I had

# Written by systemd-localed(8) or systemd-firstboot(1), read by systemd-localed
# and systemd-vconsole-setup(8). Use localectl(1) to update this file.
FONT=$HOME/fonts/neep-iso8859-1-10x20.psf
KEYMAP=/usr/local/share/kbd/keymaps/personal.map

stbug

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

Now, this is not changing the GRUB params, but it worked to change the keymaps (I got this answer from ChatGPT, so I wouldn't recommend it)
Firstly, I had to boot from a Live USB to Arch (thankfully, I hadn't erase it from when I installed it) and from there I logged in to my account

mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt # Mount my root partition
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot # Mount my boot partition

mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
mount --bind /run /mnt/run
mount --bind /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/etc/resolv.conf

# If you have systemd:
mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
mount --bind /dev/shm /mnt/dev/shm

chroot /mnt /bin/bash

That's how I logged in and then I changed the /etc/vconsole.conf to the us keyboard.
This time, I copied the content of this keymap in my personal one Keyboard configuration

Last edited by stbug (2025-02-03 23:08:09)

stbug

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

The thing is, I couldn't do it without the Live USB
Does anyone know how can I change the keymap parameter for that current session from the GRUB boot menu?
Not change the GRUB keymap, just that Arch Linux session

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

I got this answer from ChatGPT, so I wouldn't recommend it

Probably best to remove that nonsense. You don't need to chroot with the API filesystems mounted to edit a file...

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stbug

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

You don't need to chroot with the API filesystems mounted to edit a file...

Ah, so what's the steps that I shouldn't have done? The part of mounting the root partition? (I don't know what do you mean with API filesystem)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

Yes, just mounting the partition would be enough to be able to access the file and edit it.

EDIT: https://systemd.io/API_FILE_SYSTEMS/

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2025-02-04 07:30:39)

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GrimBandito

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

Include the following in the vconsole.conf file :-

KEYMAP=uk
XKBLAYOUT=gb
XKBMODEL=pc105

Change the keymap, layout and model to your circumstance. Reboot.

Or you could also perform the same by entering the following :-

sudo localectl set-x11-keymap gb pc105

Again, change the relevant keymap and model to your circumstance. Reboot

Last edited by GrimBandito (2025-02-04 11:05:00)

stbug

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Re: How to change keymap on GRUB?

Change the keymap, layout and model to your circumstance. Reboot.

The thing is, how could I do that if I can't login because of my keymap?
Like, I already solved the problem but it required the USB and I don't see that as a solution really