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Login password Problem with "é" letters
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 6:46 am
by zorzi
Hello,
I have some trouble with Antix 17.1.
Installation is going well. But, though I can create my password (it contains two "é" letters) without problem during installation, I can't login after reboot, I can't insert/type "é" letters. So I can't reach my session.
If someone can help.
Thanks.
Re: Login password Problem with "é" letters
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 6:58 am
by anticapitalista
antiX uses slim login manager that doesn't do such characters. Best bet is to change the password to one using 'regular' letters.
At boot screen, type 3, login at the console as root the type
(where user is the username for the password you are changing). The system will prompt you to enter a password. Passwords do not echo to the screen when you enter them.
Re: Login password Problem with "é" letters
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:50 am
by cyrilus31
I found that on
Archlinux Wiki
Problème d'identification
Si votre mot de passe comprend des caractères non-ascii (é, è, ç, à, etc.) et que la locale de votre système est en unicode (fr_FR.UTF-8 par exemple), vous ne pourrez pas vous connecter à votre session avec le SLiM du dépôt officiel (bugs relevés sur Debian, bug#532060 et sur Arch, bug#18338 et bug#18339 ).
Mais une version corrigée disponible sur AUR apporte le support de l'unicode et résout ce problème: slim-unicode.
Don't know if it's relevant for antiX, but just in case.
And whenever it is possible I avoid é, in files names, passwords and so on.
Re: Login password Problem with "é" letters
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 1:15 pm
by zorzi
Thanks for answering. I see two options now.
- Use regular letters in my password
- Replace SLim with Lightdm
Re: Login password Problem with "é" letters [Solved]
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 11:55 pm
by Richard
Check on LightDM before you replace Slim.
I think the problem is that only US keyboard characters are recognized
before the local keyboard table is loaded.
This may help:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... in-lightdm
The easy way is to use chars in the US keyboard for passwords.
Re: Login password Problem with "é" letters
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 4:50 am
by zorzi
Richard wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 11:55 pm
Check on LightDM before you replace Slim.
I think the problem is that only US keyboard characters are recognized
before the local keyboard table is loaded.
This may help:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... in-lightdm
The easy way is to use chars in the US keyboard for passwords.
After trying with lightdm, I can type my usual password with "é" letters. But desktop background does not appear. Well, I guess it's wiser to keep Slim and forget about password with special letters.
Thanks to everyone
Re: Login password Problem with "é" letters
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:21 pm
by skidoo
An updated version of SLiM available from
https://gitlab.com/skidoo/slim-antix supports UTF8 strings in the onscreen welcome messages (tested) and it might support (zero tester feedback to date) UTF8 characters in the username / password input fields.
If you care to test & have a 64-bit system, can download slim_1.4.4_amd64.deb and
sudo dpkg -i slim_1.4.4_amd64.deb
note: After installing, a shutdown/restart is required to invoke the newly-installed SLiM version.
Re: Login password Problem with "é" letters
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 4:33 am
by cyrilus31
Skidoo to the rescue
Worth a try.