[Orchid] wrong keyboard layout at boot time : hard to type the password to decrypt the disk

[Thatoo]

Issue Description

At first reboot (after install), it's hard to type the password to decrypt the hdd as the keyboard layout is set to us by default.

Steps to Reproduce

• At installation time, I chose a keyboard layout (not us) and I decided to encrypt my hdd.
• Installation succeeded and the vm rebooted.
• At reboot it ask for my password to decrypt my hdd.
• The keyboard layout is us so it makes it difficult to type my password

On what version of Vanilla OS this happens?

Unreleased

Additional Information

No response

[Thatoo]

Well actually not only at first reboot.
I could not make it be anything else than us layout when prompting for my password to decrypt my hdd.

[ludvigng]

As a temporary work-around you could try appending something like rd.vconsole.keymap= followed by your keymap to the kernel command line. Fedora Silverblue has a similar issue where you need to rebuild the initramfs for it to pick up the new keyboard layout: fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker#3

[Thatoo]

issue still true with the image #77 | 17/09/2023

[EDIT] Still true in the image # 100 | 08/01/2024

[Thatoo]

As a temporary work-around you could try appending something like rd.vconsole.keymap= followed by your keymap to the kernel command line. Fedora Silverblue has a similar issue where you need to rebuild the initramfs for it to pick up the new keyboard layout: fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker#3

@ludvigng would you modify the grub file in /etc/default ? Here's how it is composed after a fresh install. How would you modify it to be able to use let's say a french keyboard?

[Thatoo]

In Debian 11, to change this option, we should go to Settings > Country and languages > Connexion screen and then choose the keyboard we want and put it on top :

[taukakao]

duplicate of #392