Can't change keyboard layout in Fedora 41 Kde spin live cd environment

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I just downloaded Fedora 41 KDE. When I tried to install it, I discovered that I couldn’t change my keyboard layout in the live CD environment, either in the KDE system settings or in the installer. After installation, the system’s keyboard layout was set to what I chose during installation, and I could also switch to other layouts in the system settings. However, it was inconvenient; without my familiar layout, I could only set my password to “abc” and then change it after installation.

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The problem is not only the user password, but even more so if you want to set up full disk encryption! This bug makes this release/installer image unusable for non en/us-keyboard users, which means the majority of the world! And beforehand, setting a temporary bullsh** passphrase and change it later is not an acceptable workaround when we talk about encrypting and securing a system!

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One workaround I discovered is to use Fcitx5. After installing it, go to the virtual keyboard settings and select Fcitx5. Then, add the keyboard layout you want to use. The trick here is to keep the US keyboard as the default layout and add your preferred layout as an additional one. When you need to use the other layout, simply switch to it, but don’t delete the default layout.

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Hey, how is it going?

Although it is true that I have not yet investigated the cause of the problem, a workaround is using X11 for the live environment.

sudo dnf install plasma-workspace-x11
qdbus-qt6 org.kde.Shutdown /Shutdown  org.kde.Shutdown.logout

Then log in back using X11!

Hope it helps.

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I too had the issue of not being able to use uk layout. I didn’t install anything though, I activated the IBus Wayland virtual keyboard which was an option already available. Once I added the uk layout by right clicking it’s icon down the system tray and opening preferences and then selecting input method, and switched to that one, I was able to type properly, then removed the us layout from the virtual keybaord preferences and the main system preferences.

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this didn’t work for me.
is the KDE SIG aware of this? this issue is really blocking users with non english keyboards from using Fedora KDE, as they can’t login once installation is completed