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[SOLVED] Base install with KDE and sddm does not work with correct locale

Hello,

I'm just trying artix and I'm impressed so far. Unfortunately I ran into an issue, that I was not able to fix. I'm from Germany, so I would prefer german keyboard layout (QWERTZ). Unfortunately, `sddm` does not let me choose this option on the login screen and even if I add German as only option via System Settings (KDE), it does not work like expected. `loadkeys de` fixes this for root in Konsole, but surely it does not survive reboot. KDE is in german, as requested, only the keyboard layout is not correct.
I did everything I can to fix this, here is my progress after installation:

Packages after "base" setup:
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pacman -Sy --noconfirm base-devel git screen
# no network manager, this topic has to be researched, but networkmanager will be the choice
pacman -S --noconfirm net-tools xorg plasma kde-applications elogind elogind-openrc sddm sddm-openrc
rc-update add elogind
rc-update add sddm

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# cat /etc/locale.conf 
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

# grep -v '^#' /etc/locale.gen
de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8

# no /etc/vconsole.conf

# locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Is there something I am missing? Thank you.

sandreas

Re: Base install with KDE and sddm does not work with correct locale

Reply #1 –
Short update: Seems to be also an issue with the official KDE openrc image, while starting to type switches the language to german...

So I would really appreciate, if someone could point me to the right direction.

Re: Base install with KDE and sddm does not work with correct locale

Reply #2 –
Found it:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf

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Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "system-keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        Option "XkbLayout" "de"
        Option "XkbVariant" "deadgraveacute"
EndSection

Re: Base install with KDE and sddm does not work with correct locale

Reply #3 –
Thanks for taking the time to post the solution.