Arch won't let me in - I think I know why

Franco_64 · Yesterday 10:18:35

Hi all,
I'm out of Arch for password recognition problem.

I think I know why: the layout of my keyboard (Italian) is recognized too late, so when I switch on my pc and Linux gave me the control of login the keyboard "isn't ready". All my password, root and normal user, contains characters that in Italian keyboard are moved from the US standard.

For setting keyboard I use "loadkeys it". I don't know when in the boot procedure this command is executed. The problem was not present before entrusting loadkeys for loading the Italian keyboard layout in X windows.

I can wait that keyboard is loaded before trying to login, but this is a lot annoying, and for now I'm out (three wrong password inserted, 15 minutes procedure). How can I do?

Last edited by Franco_64 (Yesterday 10:30:56)

ak1sha · Yesterday 11:40:24

I believe that by default you should be able to reboot your computer, to reset the 15 min password cool-down.
Then after you wait for your keyboard to load and login, in :

/etc/vconsole.conf

set :

KEYMAP=it

This should permanently change your keyboard layout as I believe that "loadkeys it" only works for the current session (doesn't save after rebooting).
Im still kind of new to arch so I apologise if this doesnt work, so also try referring to wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console/ … figuration.

seth · Yesterday 12:07:04

The problem was not present before entrusting loadkeys for loading the Italian keyboard layout in X windows.

loadkeys does *not* set the X11 layout, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/K … tion_files

If you end up using localectl, make sure to pass *all* values in the correct order or systemd will happily create a bogus keyboard config for you.

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Arch won't let me in - I think I know why

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