The above mentioned posts regarding selection of keyboard language when logging in to Manjaro is closed, but I have a related issue. I use two languages in Manjaro: English and an Eastern Right to Left language. My problem is that when I am working with the Right to Left language and the laptop goes on standby, I am unable to log in again because the keyboard layout is not set to the default English language and there is no way to switch it back to English. The virtual keyboard does offer multiple languages, but it does not affect the login language at all and I am unable to log in regardless of which language I choose from the virtual keyboard list. There were some solutions provided in the related post in the forum, but they suggested modifying some system files. I am not a CLI expert so it would be difficult for me to manipulate those files unless you guide me every step of the way.
Thank you
Hi @fjamil,
I am in no way an expert, but perhaps this helps:
It might be helpful if you link directly to;
so that others might have a clue as to the solutions you refer to.
In the meantime, please provide system information as described (below) on the chance that others might recognise any contributing factors.
Regards.
System Information
While information from *-fetch type apps might be fine for someone wishing to buy your computer, for Support purposes itâs better to ask your system directly; 
Output of the inxi command with appropriate parameters will achieve this (naturally, formatted according to forum guidelines) and will generally be more useful for those wishing to help:
inxi --filter --verbosity=8
or the short form:
inxi -zv8
- inxi man pages (Arch Manual)
Be prepared to provide output from other commands whenever asked. Itâs equally important to provide as much actionable information as possible in your first post, rather than simply indicating there is a problem.
You can also edit files with a graphical editor. In Dolphin under Actions â Open as Root you should be able to edit the file, instead of using nano.
This one: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
or
this one: /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup.
Thank you for the response.
Here is the output of the âinix -zv8â command:
System:
Kernel: 6.12.25-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=1b22633b-d152-47c4-be6a-2bc37b9d5d1a rw quiet
splash udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A
info: frameworks v: 6.13.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard
product: HP ProBook 650 G1 v: A3009DD10303
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2101 v: KBC Version 16.3A
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: J5P25UT#ABA
uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard
v: L78 Ver. 01.31 date: 12/24/2014
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.4 Wh (95.7%)
condition: 42.2/42.2 Wh (100.0%) volts: 12.1 min: 10.8
model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: not charging
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored)
rechargeable: yes status: discharging
Memory:
System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.62 GiB
used: 2.67 GiB (35.1%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser +
dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Top - Slot 1 (top) type: DDR3
detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung
part-no: M471B5173CB0-YK0 serial: <filter>
Device-2: Top - Slot 2 (under) type: DDR3
detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung
part-no: M471B5173EB0-YK0 serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-4610M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check
built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4
tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1161 min/max: 800/3700 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1161
2: 1161 3: 1161 4: 1161 bogomips: 23955
Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx
avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid
cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept
ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce
md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx
pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni
popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave
xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional
cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store
Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and
__user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB:
conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5
process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3,
VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0416 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland
v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1368x768 s-dpi: 97
s-size: 360x202mm (14.17x7.95") s-diag: 413mm (16.25")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15c2 built: 2013
res: mode: 1368x768 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 101
gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.620 y: 0.341 green: x: 0.341
y: 0.580 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.078 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 2
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0
drv: crocus device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus
surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa
v: 25.0.4-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
device-ID: 8086:0416 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: N/A device: 0
type: integrated-gpu name: Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
driver: mesa intel v: 25.0.4-arch1.1 device-ID: 8086:0416
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD
Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.25-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api
with: aoss type: oss-emulator
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber
status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 3080 bus-ID: 00:19.0
chip-ID: 8086:153a class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088e class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd,
wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver
driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-12:3 chip-ID: 8087:07da
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 8 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no
software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.94 TiB used: 1.72 TiB (88.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges
required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: P3-128 size: 119.24 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 6327 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung
model: ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD
rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 119.24 GiB size: 116.81 GiB (97.96%)
used: 47.97 GiB (41.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
label: N/A uuid: 1b22633b-d152-47c4-be6a-2bc37b9d5d1a
ID-2: /run/media/me/KHAZANA raw-size: 1.82 TiB
size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.67 TiB (91.9%) fs: ntfs
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: KHAZANA
uuid: E6745024744FF5B9
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub
ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 15
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-9:2 info: Logitech Nano Receiver
type: keyboard,mouse driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c534 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 2-12:3 info: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless
Transceiver type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 3
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 4-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub
ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 1745 pm: pacman pkgs: 1720 libs: 423
tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 25
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.init7.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirror.nyist.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://mirror.kku.ac.th/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: http://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://mirror.futureweb.be/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
8: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
9: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
10: https://mirror.zetup.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
11: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
12: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
13: https://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
14: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
15: https://mirrors.nic.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
16: https://mirror.komelt.dev/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
17: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
18: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
19: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
20: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
21: https://mirror.it4i.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
22: https://ftp.psnc.pl/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
23: https://mirror.leitecastro.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
24: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
25: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
26: http://manjaro.grena.ge/stable/$repo/$arch
27: https://mirrors.eric.ovh/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
28: https://mirror.ibakerserver.pt/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
29: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
30: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
31: http://mirror.is.co.za/mirrors/manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
32: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
33: https://mirror.truenetwork.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
34: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
35: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
36: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
37: http://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
38: https://manjaro.ipacct.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
39: https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
40: https://manjaro.mirrors.lavatech.top/stable/$repo/$arch
41: https://mirror.bouwhuis.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
42: http://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
43: https://gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
44: https://mirror.dc.uz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
45: https://ridgewireless.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
46: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
47: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
48: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
49: https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
50: http://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/manjaro/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
51: https://manjaro.mirror.liquidtelecom.com/stable/$repo/$arch
52: https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
53: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
54: https://manjaro.mirror.wearetriple.com/stable/$repo/$arch
55: https://volico.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
56: https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
57: https://mirror.vinehost.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
58: https://mirror.dkm.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
59: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
60: http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
61: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
62: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
63: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
64: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
65: https://manjarolinux-mirror.cloud.mu/stable/$repo/$arch
66: https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
67: https://ct.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
68: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
69: https://mirror.kamtv.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
70: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
71: https://mnvoip.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
72: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
73: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
74: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
75: https://bd.mirror.vanehost.com/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
76: https://manjaro.repo.cure.edu.uy/stable/$repo/$arch
77: https://ftp.caliu.cat/pub/distribucions/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
78: https://repo.iut.ac.ir/repo/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
79: https://mirror.ufam.edu.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
80: http://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
81: https://mirrors.atlas.net.co/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
82: https://manjaro.ynh.ovh/stable/$repo/$arch
83: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
84: http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
85: https://mirror.23m.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
86: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
87: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
88: https://mirror.telepoint.bg/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
89: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
90: https://mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
91: https://mirror.2degrees.nz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
92: https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
93: https://mirror.ufro.cl/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
94: https://mirrors2.manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
95: https://mirror.hostiko.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
96: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
97: http://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
98: https://muug.ca/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
99: http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
100: https://mirror.koddos.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
101: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
102: https://mirror.freedif.org/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
103: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
104: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
105: http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
106: https://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
107: https://mirrors.xtom.jp/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
108: https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
109: https://mirrors.gigenet.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
110: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
111: https://mirror.archlinux.tw/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
112: http://ossmirror.mycloud.services/os/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 197
1: cpu: 11.2% command: konsole pid: 8023
mem: 233.8 MiB (2.9%)
2: cpu: 6.4% command: kwin_x11 pid: 742
mem: 178.6 MiB (2.2%)
3: cpu: 5.8% command: firefox pid: 1636
mem: 643.3 MiB (8.2%)
4: cpu: 5.7% command: Xorg pid: 573 mem: 81.8 MiB (1.0%)
5: cpu: 5.6% command: zsh pid: 8034 mem: 10.0 MiB (0.1%)
Memory top: 5 of 197
1: mem: 643.3 MiB (8.2%) command: firefox pid: 1636
cpu: 5.8%
2: mem: 482.0 MiB (6.1%) command: plasmashell pid: 761
cpu: 0.7%
3: mem: 371.3 MiB (4.7%) command: firefox pid: 3008
cpu: 1.0%
4: mem: 351.6 MiB (4.5%) command: firefox pid: 1846
cpu: 2.7%
5: mem: 304.0 MiB (3.8%) command: firefox pid: 4296
cpu: 0.8%
Info:
Processes: 197 Power: uptime: 4h 20m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 7 hibernate: platform
avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 3.04 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
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Thank you megavolt, but as I have stated, I am totally illiterate when it comes to commands. I opened Dolphin but I couldnât find the Actions â Open as Root command. There are several options listed in the vertical menu on the upper left corner of the Dolphin window, but none of them is Actions â Open as Root (sorry for my illiteracy - consider me as simple as âgrandmaâ)
I can send you a screenshot, but then I wouldnât know how to post it 
Alright. Then open the pamac-manager aka âAdd/Remove Softwareâ. Search and install kio-admin. Then close and open Dolphin again. The Action should be there in the context menu.
By the way, I am not using KDE Plasma. I guess @soundofthunder knows more than me 
This shouldnât be needed with Dolphin.
Itâs possible to right-click a file â even a system file â and edit it as needed. Dolphin will then prompt you to enter a password when the file is saved.
Just a drive-by comment, Iâm afraid, as I have places to be very soon.
Regards.
Edit:- Iâm sorry, I donât know why I wrote âDolphinâ â I actually meant âKateâ, the Plasma text editor. Iâm tired and rushed, please forgive me.
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I download kio-admin, but I still donât see the command Actions â Open as Root anywhere in Dolphin. I will go ahead and try the suggestion of right-clicking the required file as suggested by soundofthunder
Ok. I will try that. Let me ponder on where to start from and where am I goingâŠ
So, from Dolphin⊠right-click a file and open it with Kate⊠and if itâs a system file, Kate will prompt for a password on save.
I think thatâs a little clearer.
Have a great rest-of-the-day.
Regards.
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Thatâs not what the kio-admin package does. It allows you to run dolphin as root.
But you donât need that. kate and kwrite will prompt you for the administrative password when saving a file that requires elevated privileges.
Thank you. You too. (But it is a bit disheartening. All I need is to enable the English language on the keyboard so I can sign back in to my session. This should be a default action on system standby. It shouldnât have required a lengthy output file from my computer. It is something the KDE or Manjaro team needs to fix. But thanks for all your help. I am sure one day this problem will no longer be there.)
I just read the link you posted. Thereâs an easier way, unfortunately you didnât mention the other layout youâre using (or I missed it) so youâll have to fill it in.
localectl --no-convert set-x11-keymap gb,other_layout # UK
# or
localectl --no-convert set-x11-keymap us,other_layout # US
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/Keyboard_configuration#Using_localectl