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tye

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Registered: 2023-09-04

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[SOLVED] Sudo doesn't work in DE

I've installed the LXDE desktop environment and the kitty terminal, everything is going well, except for when i try and used sudo in the kitty terminal.
I type in my password and it returns the "sorry, incorrect message".
I then log out of the DE and type in the same password and it works.

Last edited by tye (2023-09-08 01:34:03)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Sudo doesn't work in DE

"sorry, incorrect message" isn't a sudo output
Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

sudo -k
LC_ALL=C sudo -v

Did you try to just type your password into the terminal to make sure it's not the keyboard layout?

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tye

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Registered: 2023-09-04

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Re: [SOLVED] Sudo doesn't work in DE

As it turns out the DE has a different keyboard layout than the terminal, I didn't know that was possible.
After spending a few hours trying to fix it I can't find an automatic way to do it so I'll just live with it.
A way that works is "setxkbmap -layout" but it doesn't persist after reboot
I am using LXDE if anyone can help me with that?

ua4000

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Registered: 2015-10-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Sudo doesn't work in DE

The necessary steps to configure the keymap are different for virtual console and Xorg, they are described in
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_ … figuration
and
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/K … figuration
respectively.

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Re: [SOLVED] Sudo doesn't work in DE

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXDE#Keyboard_layout

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tye

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Registered: 2023-09-04

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Re: [SOLVED] Sudo doesn't work in DE

Thank you for your help.
I managed to get it working with:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/K … _localectl

I'm not sure why these sites didn't appear when I was trying to find a solution myself.