Unable to change keymap when directly connected to host

friggeri commented 2 years ago

Describe the issue you are experiencing

I have a keyboard and small monitor plugged into the NUC on which I run Home Assistant OS (that way I can directly use the CLI in the event I have a networking issue). Unfortunately there seems to be no way of selecting the keyboard layout.

The OS is built with loadkmap enabled and I have confirmed that I can manually load a new keymap by logging into the host system and running loadkmap < mykeymap.bmap.

Unfortunately this does not persist across reboots. Is there any way of making this configurable? Alternatively, as a short term fix, is there a way to get the OS to execute the above command on startup?

What operating system image do you use?

generic-x86-64 (Generic UEFI capable x86-64 systems)

What version of Home Assistant Operating System is installed?

7.4

Did you upgrade the Operating System.

Yes

Steps to reproduce the issue

Plug AZERTY keyboard,
Type A
See Q

Anything in the Supervisor logs that might be useful for us?

n/a

Anything in the Host logs that might be useful for us?

n/a

System Health information

No response

Additional information

No response

agners commented 2 years ago

Don't think it was the intention to make that possible really. The console is only meant for debugging.

friggeri commented 2 years ago

Totally get that, it's pretty hard to debug when what you type on the keyboard does not match what shows up on the screen though

friggeri commented 2 years ago

@agners an easy workaround would be to enable users to customize /root/.profile in a way similar to the way it works for /root/.ssh/authorized_keys

Would you be open to that?

agners commented 2 years ago

Is the busybox shell evaluating that by default?

I guess that would be one of the simplest approach to archive your goal.

I still feel its not worth the effort. How many times do you need to use the console, and even when, is it that big of a deal to use the US keyboard layout?

friggeri commented 2 years ago

Yes, ash is run as a login shell here so it will read /etc/profile/ and /root/.profile.

And sure, it's not one of those things that happens a lot, but it would really increase my quality of life (and I guess at least one other person).

I'm happy to send over a PR!

warlordattack commented 2 years ago

I am fighting with Hyper-V HA OS. I swithed from docker container to hyper-v because no Add-ons store in docker

I try to debug DNS problems : Logger: async_upnp_client.ssdp Source: /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/async_upnp_client/ssdp.py:255 First occurred: 14:34:52 (20 occurrences) Last logged: 14:52:52 Received error: [Errno 101] Network unreachable, transport: <_SelectorDatagramTransport fd=19 read=polling write=<idle, bufsize=0>>

My Addon-store is infinite spin.

And i need add trusted proxies in configuration.yaml (HA OS acces from the web via proxy) : https://community.home-assistant.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-home-assistant-via-nginx-reverse-proxy/382937/3

No way to install vs-code becose no store access, no way to edit configuration.yaml

I am stuck in command line, and i am french, so i have fu**ing french keyboard, and no way to change keyboard to french !

All non english planet needs this ! Please do something.

And no way to copy-paste text from main PC to hyperv HA OS command line.

Fredyy90 commented 1 year ago

any update on this issue? I just ran into the same issue, can't debug, as keyboad input and on screen characters don't match

precchia commented 1 year ago

Pinging to see if there is any update on this issue? I do not own an US keyboard either, and it is pretty frustrating when trying to access the console.

frederickjh commented 1 year ago

is it that big of a deal to use the US keyboard layout?

To make a touch typist to have to "hen peck" the keyboard, is a big deal, especially in a situation where you just want to concentrate on debugging not finding the next key to hit in the correct order.

We have a menu item to configure audio and several other items. There should really by a keyboard or keymap menu item in the cil to configure the keyboard layout. This issue is not the only one that has been opened for this. Others have been closed.

frederickjh commented 1 year ago

If the command to change the keyboard was to get added to the cli then this issues should get moved to home-assistant/cli.

n4w4k commented 1 year ago

What would be the simplest way to fix that? I do not want to create an insane amount of work for that, so I don't need a "pretty" way to do it, I'd be happy to manually edit files to make it work!

But as of now, not only is there no install-time option or GUI option for this, but since the filesystem is read-only for the most part, we can't even upload our own keymap and add a .profile command...

Those saying that it's not a big deal should really try using a CLI with another layout, and tell us their experience afterwards ! When you are in the CLI, it's because you are already struggling with something, there is no need to add another layer of frustration !

bartplessers commented 1 year ago

+1 ability to change keyboard layout will be much appreciated!

LaCartouche commented 1 year ago

Hello, I would greatly appreciate this feature too !

CypherConjured commented 1 year ago

I agree, key remapping is crucial for accessibility and personal efficiency for users familiar with alternative layouts like Dvorak. That's why modern OS's often prioritize keyboard layout configuration during setup.

s-celles commented 1 year ago

+1 I'm also looking for this feature (especially to be able to connect HA behind a proxy). Ideally a configuration file which could be stored on micro SD card of RaspberryPi could help to store default keymap settings and probably some other default settings

gsiscotty commented 1 year ago

+1 this is mandatory, i'm also stuck on cli, and can't edit anything correctly...

erik3rik commented 1 year ago

There should be an EASY way to change the keyboard layout of the OS. Arguments like "well it is only for debugging, you should not need that" as seen above is totally wrong.

Try debugging when single and double quotes, slash, underscore, equals sign and asterisk is NOT on the right key.

cd some/path (ohh no, not possible, can't use slash!) ls -la (ohh no, not possible, can't use dash!) cat *.log (ohh no, not possible, cant use asterisk)

So, please make a way to change (and persist!) the keyboard layout to the layout preferred by the user. Preferably also without having to type special characters to do so. E.g. ha keyboard set sv for Swedish, ha keyboard set da etc...

mscott370 commented 1 year ago

Agreed! This has been a tiresome issue for everyone who doesn't have a QWERTY keyboard, and the complaints have kept bouncing back since 2019. Hope one of these suggestions gets implemented.

mdeweerd commented 1 year ago

Maybe @jlpouffier could help give some more priority to this as a French Product Manager for HA.

https://docs.alpinelinux.org/user-handbook/0.1a/Installing/manual.html

apk update
apk add -s kbd-bkeymaps alpine-conf busybox-openrc
setup-keymap
# or
setup-keymap fr fr

I will try that with a 'shell_script' when I can.

lenamariahackl commented 11 months ago

+1 ability to change the keyboard layout will be highly appreciated !

rocket-plane commented 11 months ago

+1 I'm unable to run necessary fixes, because I'm unable to type the commands in the prompt.https://github.com/home-assistant/supervisor/issues/4738

Krolow93 commented 11 months ago

+1 It's a pain having to type with the onscreen keyboard since i'm unable to change keymap to match the real keyboard, runing haos as a VM in proxmox.

OlwinFroon commented 10 months ago

Pretty pretty pleeeeeeease with cream and a cherry on top?

This is a real PITA for anyone who doesn't use an US keyboard.

I'm aware the console is only for debugging, but debugging with a wrong keymap adds a really annoying level of complexity to it.

Baxxy13 commented 10 months ago

+1 Debugging with non QWERTY Keyboard is really annoying.

stex66 commented 10 months ago

+1 please fix it

agrimal commented 10 months ago

+1 please this is really needed

Einar-S commented 10 months ago

I cannot find the required " anywhere on my norwegian keyboard. So I am seriously painted into a corner! Please tell me how I can find it.

OlwinFroon commented 10 months ago

Considering the age of this issue, you may have a point and this is not the right place.

What would be?

Nickduino commented 10 months ago

is it that big of a deal to use the US keyboard layout?

Yes it is when you don't own a QWERTY keyboard. You get used to the switched letters pretty easily but all the special characters are an issue. And since linux commands are full of -/#":][| and whatnot, that's a real hassle. Worse for me: the Tiny French keyboard I'm using on the console doesn't even have a proper French layout (they put the special characters where they had space), so I can't really rely on a image of the US vs FR layouts.

mdeweerd commented 10 months ago

is it that big of a deal to use the US keyboard layout?

It's the number of users taking the time to search and then report here kind of a deal. It also happens when you're already in trouble. The least that could be done with minimum effort is to show a message "The keyboard layout is US and can not be changed" to avoid that users spend time looking for a solution - it's that big of a deal as well.

EDIT: I do not understand the "Thumbs down" here from users that request the feature: I am in favor of having the functionnality to change the keyboard because that is very useful and avoids that a lot of people spend searching for a solution when there is no solution. And to avoid that time spent searching (times the number of users), I propose to at least show a message to the user indicating that it is useless to search. Once there is a real solution, it would be useful to show a hint how to change the keyboard setting on the console.

MagicJF commented 9 months ago

requesting the same here, layout change is option is a must

ouinouin commented 6 months ago

+1 , if there is OS in the name , it should support keymap :-)

chron-isch commented 5 months ago

I ran into the same problem trying to debug network issues. Having to constantly guess/try where certain keys are or check what some other languages keymap looks like is a bit annoying.

Wouldn't it be realativly easy to just make /etc/vconsole.conf a link to something user-writeable?

mscott370 commented 5 months ago

I think the basic issue is the conflict between keyboard support and an OS which aspires to be headless+fingerless+toeless.

OlwinFroon commented 4 months ago

The console is a last resort kind of tool. Which means, you're already in panic if you need to use it.

Of course the whole system is supposed to be headless and fingerless under normal circumstances, but without proper keyboard support this tool is also leaning towards pointless.

I had to make a cheat sheet to translate the needed characters to my keyboard layout. Not user friendly.

WhiteWolf84 commented 3 months ago

I need to switch layout, any news?

Loic691 commented 2 months ago

+1 Actually it's impossible for French users to debug with bad mapping keyboard... I think it's a MUST HAVE small evolution to get ;-)

spaggio80 commented 2 months ago

I installed Home Assistant on a Synology NAS Virtual Machine and spent a lot of time looking for a solution, thinking it was a Virtual Machine Manager issue. Finally I got here and realized that it is the standard behavior of the host. It is really absurd that you cannot change the keyboard layout, please fix it! Or, as someone suggested, write explicitly in the terminal session that the keyboard layout is "US" and cannot be changed!

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