Trouble with login

english help
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Hello

I’m new to endless os

Installed it yesterday

Today I tried to log in, but I couldn’t because I use a german ö (=oe).

I tried to Change the Key Setup, but it’s not possible. I I also tried the asci stuff but none did work (i dont have keypad/numlock)

Ideas?

Thx in advance

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Unfortunately the keyboard layout not being set correctly on the login screen is a known issue.

You can probably type this on the login screen as follows:

  • Hold Ctrl + Alt and press u, then release Ctrl and Alt
  • Type f then 6
  • Press space to accept the character

The other way you can work around this is to try using an incorrect password a couple of times – this will trigger a password-reset flow.

Once you have managed to get back into your account, you can follow the steps on Can't switch to AZERTY layout on login screen - #2 by wjt to work around the problem. Assuming you use a standard German keyboard the incantation you want is:

( echo XKBLAYOUT=de ; echo XKBVARIANT= ) | sudo tee /etc/default/keyboard

then reboot.

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Thx a lot!

The ctrl+alt u and then f6 did not work but the other suggested solution with pw-reset-code-mechanism did work out.

Thx :slight_smile:

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