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| From | "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Colemak layout at boot time |
| Date | 2021-09-19 14:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <CZ47g-7aI-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <CYPBg-6v6-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <CYWW5-2GO-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <CYXp7-36Q-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <CZ2yu-68p-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <CZ3NX-74f-65@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Sun 19 Sep 2021, at 13:00, Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On Sun 19 Sep 2021, at 11:48, Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > On Sun 19 Sep 2021, at 06:14, Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > On Sun 19 Sep 2021, at 05:49, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > > > On Sat 18 Sep 2021 at 21:56:34 (+0100), piorunz wrote: > > > > > On 18/09/2021 20:00, David Wright wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > A lot of hits from googling grub colemak including > > > > > > https://forums.debian.net//viewtopic.php?f=16&t=76833 > > > > > > which uses dvorak as an example. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > > Yes I seen this page. > > > > > > > > > > ckbcomp dvorak command outputs the layout details and everything. > > > > > > > > > > However: > > > > > $ ckbcomp colemak > > > > > /usr/bin/ckbcomp: Can not find file "symbols/colemak" in any known directory > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't recall the definition of "boot time password". Does this > > > > > > denote something that Grub asks, or is it when dmcrypt is running > > > > > > from the initrd? > > > > > > > > > > By that I meant GRUB editor and Debian's standard whole disk encryption > > > > > in Debian. I don't have Colemak there. I need to enter password in > > > > > Colemak. Yes, I think that's called dmcrypt. > > > > > > > > > > > Which is a reminder: is your keyboard definition > > > > > > in /etc/default/keyboard getting incorporated into the initrd or not? > > > > > > > > > > I don't know that. I only have Colemak in KDE. Everything else, > > > > > including virtual terminals (Ctrl+Alt+F keys) are Qwerty. > > > > > > > > How do you normally login, at a VC or in a Display Manager? > > > > > > > > Where did you run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" from? > > > > > > > > > > > Have you seen this line: > > > > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-17-amd64 > > > > since you changed /etc/default/keyboard and ran > > > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration? > > > > > > I replied just now before seeing this. I think I may have taken the > > > "GRUB uses the US keyboard layout by default" in my link a bit too far! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Checking your current initrd is a little tedious: you run > > > > unmkinitramfs to unpack the initrd, and you zcat your > > > > /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz to, say, /tmp. > > > > Then run, eg: > > > > > > > > $ diff -u …/main/etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap > > > > /tmp/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap > > > > $ > > > > > > > > where they are the unpacked and decompressed files respectively. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > David. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have set up a VM with up-to-date Bullseye KDE (LUKS/LVM guided > > partitioning) to try to replicate this problem. > > > > Adding the UK Colemak keyboard layout and promoting it to the top of > > the list in system settings > keyboard does not make it take effect in > > either the LUKS boot-time password or the graphical login - only after > > login to KDE. > > > > Switching to UK layout for usage and then running in konsole > > > > # dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration > > > > [choosing UK then Colemak then default for AltGr/special keys etc] > > > > does not change the active keyboard layout, nor for the LUKS boot > > password or graphical login. > > > > Out of interest, I thought I would try the instructions (section 5): > > > > https://cryptsetup-team.pages.debian.net/cryptsetup/encrypted-boot.html > > > > - but they fail at the third command: > > > > # tar -C "$memdisk" -cf /boot/grub/memdisk.tar > > tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive > > Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information > > > > I lack much experience with ramdisks and all but the simplest of grub > > configuration, but I can't see either an obvious problem with the > > syntax suggested, or anything in 'tar --help' that helps. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks > > Gareth > > > > > > Scrap that, I missed the . at the end of the command > > The commands appeared to succeed (with suitable alteration of variables) but my VM now boots into a grub prompt immediately - doesn't ask for LUKS password. I think this may be because I didn't change the "ahci" module to something else in step 3. man grub-mkimage doesn't list possibilities. Can anyone suggest a suitable alternative for a VM created with virt-manager/qemu-kvm? Many thanks Gareth
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Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-18 13:10 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-18 21:10 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-18 23:00 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-19 06:50 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-19 07:20 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-19 12:50 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-19 14:10 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-19 14:30 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-19 14:50 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-19 15:10 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-19 15:30 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-19 21:40 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-19 22:40 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-20 01:40 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-19 10:40 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-19 12:40 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-19 21:40 +0200
Re: [SOLVED] Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-19 22:40 +0200
[SOLVED] Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-19 22:40 +0200
Re: [SOLVED] Re: Colemak layout at boot time David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-20 01:40 +0200
Re: [SOLVED] Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-20 02:40 +0200
Re: [SOLVED] Re: Colemak layout at boot time Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-20 07:00 +0200
Re: [SOLVED] Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-20 16:20 +0200
Re: [SOLVED] Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-20 23:10 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-09-19 14:40 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-19 14:50 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-09-19 15:20 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-19 21:00 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-19 22:10 +0200
Re: Colemak layout at boot time Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-09-19 22:20 +0200
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