keyboard settings

[mickeymops]

If I have more than one keyboard setting like cyrillic, when trying to log in the system would show "wrong password" unless before logging out english was set again, but is there a way around this without having to set english again, that is - how do you log in with a cyrillic or any other foreign keyboard setting?

[magnus7]

What's your desktop and LM version?
Which keyboard layout do you want when you log in?

[mickeymops]

What's your desktop and LM version?
Which keyboard layout do you want when you log in?

Hi, I'm on Xfce latest version 18.1

I'm asking if you have for example Russian cyrillic and German as keyboards with the password set on the German, if you log out with the Russian still selected the system will not recognize your password when you next login - you would be locked out permanently with only a choice of a reinstall of the whole system! So is there a way around this problem?

Maybe future passwords should be recognized by the keyboard keys pressed rather than the language letters, numbers and special characters.

[mickeymops]

What's your desktop and LM version?
Which keyboard layout do you want when you log in?

Hi, I'm on Xfce latest version 18.1

I'm asking if you have for example Russian cyrillic and German as keyboards with the password set on the German, if you log out with the Russian still selected the system will not recognize your password when you next login - you would be locked out permanently with only a choice of a reinstall of the whole system! So is there a way around this problem?

Maybe future passwords should be recognized by the keyboard keys pressed rather than the language letters, numbers and special characters.

Or maybe the system should always default to the password language on login, but I'm guessing it does not do that.

[magnus7]

The login keyboard layout is a default layout chosen during installation. You can change it in terminal:

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Keyboard layouts chosen via Preferences > Keyboard don't have any impact on login.
If you want to switch keyboards (hardware), select new password with symbols which are shared by both languages.

[mickeymops]

The login keyboard layout is a default layout chosen during installation. You can change it in terminal:

Code: Select all

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Keyboard layouts chosen via Preferences > Keyboard don't have any impact on login.
If you want to switch keyboards (hardware), select new password with symbols which are shared by both languages.

So even if the system is put on screen lock or standby needing a password (which won't work if a foreign keyboard was used last), it's just a case of shutting down completely and the system will automatically reboot to the installation keyboard setting? However I don't understand your "keyboard don't have any impact on login" - surely a keyboard does if a password is required? Thank you for your answer, I can relax now knowing the system defaults to installation keyboard on boot.

[magnus7]

However I don't understand your "keyboard don't have any impact on login" - surely a keyboard does if a password is required?

It's just a different usage of the term "login". For me it means starting a new session by a user, not unblocking screen lock or suspension.