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#1 2018-05-05 10:11:51

CanopusX
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Keyboard not typing certain letters in SDDM

Hello. I don't know if this sounds strange but the SDDM login screen doesn't get an input of certain letters (I, in my case) using the physical keyboard. However, if I try to bypass typing i (in the password) by turning Caps Lock on and pressing Shift + I, then it works. This makes the situation even strange. Simple googling doesn't take me to any solution. I, in fact, initially didn't understand why I couldn't login until I finally figured out that i wasn't getting input into the password box. Keyboard isn't faulty. Thanks.

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#2 2018-05-05 17:48:58

d_fajardo
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Re: Keyboard not typing certain letters in SDDM

Is this a new install?

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#3 2018-05-06 05:14:54

CanopusX
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Re: Keyboard not typing certain letters in SDDM

Yes.


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#4 2018-05-06 06:19:46

d_fajardo
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Re: Keyboard not typing certain letters in SDDM

Have you tried logging via the virtual keyboard on SDDM? What layout do you have on your virtual keyboard?

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#5 2018-05-06 07:05:22

seth
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Re: Keyboard not typing certain letters in SDDM

Yes, sounds strange ;-)

Can you spot a pattern on the "broken" symbols (are any lower case/all upper case ones affected, a row, a column, .... or is it indeed *only* the "I")?
Try to run "xev -event keyboard" on the SDDM display (eg. either from VT1 or an ssh login) to see what events actually occur when pressing SHIFT+I (w/ and w/o caps-lock)

Also, try swapping xf86-input-libinput for xf86-input-evdev (just installing the latter should do) to see whether the issue is limited to the xorg input driver.

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