I have completed a fresh install of Manjaro KDE Plasma 21.0.7 on a desk top PC and in a separate SSD to the rest of my system. The bootable USB install went fine and booted for the first time post install with no issues. I opted not to password my login. When I went to install the many updates avail…

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Hey, thanks for the reply and sorry for the delay - this is very much my secondary pc and so often only get to it on weekends. Here is the output requested: Kernel: 5.10.42-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 root=UUID=59e52232-…

I’m using standard US keyboard layout, thanks

I was thinking that you might picked UK layout or worse a Dvorak layout.

You did try something simple like QWERTY, right? What are your keyboard settings in KDE and have you tried changing the model already? [2021-08-07_09-02]

Ah well attempted that but in order to save changes I need to enter a password, so…

There must be a stuck key / non-working key on your keyboard and as you’ve been reinstalling all the time anyway, [image] Fabby: You did try something simple like QWERTY, right? Reinstall Take QWERTY / AZERTY / QWERTZ / …whatever is in the top row of your keyboard (and verify all these are …

All good thanks, the QWERTY is working fine but given the OS is a bit unusable as is I will try another install - Cheers

I don’t know what else to say about this issue, other than it’s hugely frustrating. A reinstall just results in the exact same issue. I triple checked the keyboard selection. I’m running Linux Mint installed a few months ago with the same USB keyboard and zero problems so to me this is a bug with t…

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