After installing Mint 15 / updating to Mint 17, I'm unable to log in using the GUI login screen and German localisation with a password containing special characters. Changing the language using the language selector doesn't help.
It seems to be an issue regarding the window manager (mdm
), since I'm able to log in using a text console (e.g. using ALT+CTRL+F1).
Adapting the file /etc/default/keyboard
(as proposed on launchpad) or reconfiguring the keyboard configuration didn't change anything.
Best Answer
To solve the issue, do the following (as proposed in this comment on github):
root
privileges):exit 0
/usr/bin/setxkbmap de
for a german localisation. Choose the localisation according your needs, for examplefr
for french localisation,ru
for russian and so on./etc/mdm/Init/Default
should be:Don’t forget to adapt the file
/etc/mdm/Init/Default
again after upgrading to a new Mint version.On this website you can find an overview of the abbreviations of all the layouts: