[SOLVED] How to change login screen keyboard layout?

vvbudh · 2023-04-29 23:21:49

Hello all! This'll be my second post here. This time it's a CQ for assistance, although, I didn't think this'd be the thing I'd reach out for.

I've been able to install Arch, get it set up, it actually boots, and I can use Vulcan and play games!!!, connect to the internet and it only took two tries! (The bootloader was kinda hard, but that's probably cause I partitioned it twice because I got /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 backwards.)

Anyway, I was able to setup my keyboard layout in the terminal during setup, but when I got Budgie to install it stopped working at the login screen, and only the login screen. So, after I log in, it works normally, but it's a PITA to type it in QWFPG. Err, QWERTY. Heh. Would someone give me a hand? What information do you need from me?

These are the resources I've used to assist me so far.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide Step 1.5
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/K … figuration I'm a little lost on this one.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=200464 I tried this, "setxkbmap colemak" to no avail.

Last edited by vvbudh (2023-04-30 14:58:12)

Scimmia · 2023-04-29 23:27:43

What 'login screen' are we talking about? What did you enable/start?

vvbudh · 2023-04-29 23:38:29

When I ran "loadkeys colemak" during installation it persisted to work after I logged into the OS. After I installed budgie-desktop and the packages that came with it + lightdm, it gave me a GUI login screen. That login screen.

https://dajhub.co.uk//assets/img/opensu … budgie.png

Like this image above.

seth · 2023-04-30 06:23:22

Why is that a link to opensuse?
Why don't you know what your DM is?
How did you install archlinux?

uname -a
stat /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
systemctl status lightdm.service

To configure the keyboard layout, following the install guide would have passed you along https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/K … tion_files

vvbudh · 2023-04-30 14:05:59

I installed manually, as noted by,
"These are the resources I've used to assist me so far.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide Step 1.5"

My Display Manager is lightdm.

It's just a screenshot I found online, it's not significant what OS it's from if I'm trying to represent what a "login screen" looks like when they're both Budgie. You get the idea and that's what matters in this case.

I'm sure I did pass by it, I think I had some confusion, as noted by, "https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/K … figuration I'm a little lost on this one."

This is what I have created just now, I'll reboot and try it.

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "system-keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us"
        Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
        Option "XkbVariant" ",colemak"
        Option "XkbOptions" "grp:win_space_toggle"
EndSection

Edited with miffed feelings.

So I tried adding the above in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf", but when I reboot and have to log in, I type ASDF instead of arst. Meaning my keyboard layout is still in QWERTY not Colemak. The only issue here is the login screen, everything else works.

Last edited by vvbudh (2023-04-30 14:33:22)

seth · 2023-04-30 14:14:14

Please use [code][/code] tags. Edit your post in this regard.

The config file is wrong, you've only one layout, but try to apply the colemak variant to the second one (which doesn't exist)
Also the toggle is pointless w/ one layout. Don't just blindly copy and paste shit and in doubt use localectl.

vvbudh · 2023-04-30 14:33:46

Of course the config file is wrong, that's why it doesn't work.

vvbudh · 2023-04-30 14:57:09

Okay, I had to enter the command like so.

localectl set-x11-keymap us pc104 colemak grp:win_space_toggle

localctl: The command.
us: Only want one format, don't use a comma.
pc104: My keyboard type/format.
colemak/dvorak: The layout you want.
grp:win_space_toggle: if you do have multiple layouts you'd use Windows + Space to swap them.

Hope this helps someone somewhere.

"you've only one layout," This was the key that made the difference, but it was also the point. "Since you've only one layout, don't use a comma"

Arch Linux

#1 2023-04-29 23:21:49

[SOLVED] How to change login screen keyboard layout?

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