[YLUG] password entry and keyboard country settings

[Mike Cloaked]

Alex

Just a possible thought on this - I use arch and not Ubuntu so your
solution this this may be different to mine, but one thing that happens is
that when logged in to KDE you set your locale and keyboard to UK/GB, but
prior to login to KDE at the login greeter stage the system is using the
keyboard settings for X - so on my own systems I always check that I set X
to use the UK keyboard which in arch means having a file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf containing:

#
# Catch-all evdev loader for udev-based systems
# We don't simply match on any device since that also adds accelerometers
# and other devices that we don't really want to use. The list below
# matches everything but joysticks.

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev pointer catchall"
        MatchIsPointer "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"

        # Keyboard layouts
        Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

then the rest of the sections in that file that don't need any keyboard
settings -

In Ubuntu the file may be in a different location but there will likely be
an equivalent? i.e. you need to set your locale and keyboard for X
separately to setting it within KDE.

Hope this helps.

Mike C

On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 5:04 PM, ALEX ARMANI <alex.armani at live.co.uk> wrote:

> Can only log on as guest. Ubuntu Studio 14.1o 64 bit.
>
> Howdy folks. I'm running 64 bit Unicorn Studio. Installed the KDE
> Desquetop, reset, and now, it won't accept my password now. Password though
> is ok cos I can log in after ctrl alt f2. Is this a Ubuntu prob or a Studio
> prob or a KDE problem? Who to ask I never know so post her often / usually.
>
> aha, tia from Alex & 0L1K The Panther.
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