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Wrong key layout in LUKS decryption screen #1087

Open itz-Jana opened 4 months ago

itz-Jana commented 4 months ago

Describe the bug

I installed Bazzite 40 using the official installer. I changed my keyboard layout to DE and enabled Full Disk Encryption, where it specifically mentioned that I am using the DE keyboard layout.

After reboot my password didn't work and I realized that the LUKS decryption screen isn't using the proper keyboard layout.

I think I had a similar issue in the past with normal Silverblue and to fix it, I had to enable the regeneration of the initramfs. Now I'm wondering if there is something that can be done to fix the root cause of the issue.

What did you expect to happen?

I expected the correct keyboard layout to be configured on the LUKS decryption screen.

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Rakantor commented 3 months ago

I had the same issue and did some research. It turns out this is a known limitation of Fedora Silverblue. As a workaround, run

rpm-ostree initramfs-etc --track=/etc/vconsole.conf

and reboot. Or try these alternative workarounds.

Until a permanent fix is found, it might be helpful to mention this limitation in the installation guide.

From the Fedora Docs:

The keyboard layout selected during installation is not used for the LUKS unlock screen of Fedora Silverblue.

Regardless of your selection during the installation process, the keyboard layout available for the LUKS unlock screen will default to en-US (English - United States of America). You can workaround this issue by running the following command on the first boot after the installation:

rpm-ostree initramfs-etc --track=/etc/vconsole.conf

To avoid struggling when having to type the LUKS passphrase for the first time, you could set during installation a disk encryption passphrase that is easy to type with the en-US keyboard layout, and then change it to the passphrase that you actually want through the GNOME Disks app.

See bug #1890085 (Red Hat Bugzilla) and issue #3 (Fedora Silverblue issue tracker) for details.