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SDDM keyboard layout refuses to switch (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Working inside a VirtualBox virtual machine. Installed Arch Linux using the Archinstall method. Chose KDE as the DE and SDDM as the greeting screen.

Managed to log in once, but after adding a language and rebooting, I didn't seem to be able to change the keyboard layout, making entering the correct password impossible. I have tried looking up how to switch the keyboard layout, but am coming up with nothing. What is the key combination to change the keyboard layout in SDDM?

Setting up a different virtual machine now.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

EDIT 2: I still do not know how to switch between keyboard layouts in SDDM, and I can’t find information regarding that.

It depends on the theme you're using. Change the file /etc/sddm.conf and comment the line where KDE is setting the theme. Should be something line

[Theme]

Current=blablabla
ThemesDir=blablabla

Just comment putting a hashtag before these lines

Maybe you have to edit using Vim, Emacs or Nano at the tty

The keyboard layouts should be at the top of the logging screen at the default sddm theme