https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526479
Bug ID: 526479
Summary: Keyboard layout silently changes on restart
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasma-login-manager
Version First unspecified
Reported In:
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
DESCRIPTION
After switching my keyboard layout from QWERTY to Colemak yesterday, I spent
essentially the entire day forcing myself to stop relying on QWERTY muscle
memory and start learning Colemak. This morning I restarted my computer and
discovered that KDE had silently reset the keyboard layout at the login screen.
This was incredibly frustrating because the login screen gives no feedback for
diagnosing what is happening. My password was suddenly being rejected, but
there was no indication that the keyboard layout had changed, no way to see
what I was actually typing, no indication of the keyboard-layout-switch
shortcut, and no Colemak layout available in the keyboard layout list.
This was made worse by the fact KDE by default locks your account after 3
attempts even though I never asked it to and I don't want it to do this without
actually telling you it does this and there is no way to control this in the
settings.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. add us colemak keyboard layout
2. restart PC (I force restarted it by holding down the power button)
3. try to log in
OBSERVED RESULT
* keyboard has reverted to qwerty
* keyboard dropdown says "us" but does not say "colemak" or "qwerty" anywhere
* no option to change back to colemak
* no way to see keyboard output to determine keyboard layout
* account is locked after 3 attempts for 10 minutes but does not tell you this
(discovered from doing ctrl + alt + f3 to be able to see keyboard output which
I should not have to do)
EXPECTED RESULT
* restarting pc should not change keyboard layout
* should be able to choose between the keyboards I actually have installed
* toggle to see password as I type
* actually tell me if you locked my account
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: EndeavourOS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.30.0
Qt Version: 6.11.2
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