Trouble with login

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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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