Because i can not attach my experience to the already opened thread i use for this one.
if u install a EOS in german with actual download iso “…03-2023_R3_1” u get 2 bugs.
the console tty doesnt match with your keyboard layout. u have to actualize the /etc/vconsole.conf to “KEYMAP=de-latin1”
u can not login to tty as root because roots login shell in passwd is set wrong. u have to change it to /bin/bash
EOS has bugs but i love it because its a roling release. to all the best.
Bugs… we have many users that most likely use German language. This is the first time i hear of this.
Edit: If this is the case did you report it under bugs?
What was root shell set in passwd before your change?
fresh install German:
And as far as i know de is a valid entry for german keymap in vconsole.conf:
yes, with this both entries u get the errors. try to login via tty. this will not function. test the keyboard. its no german layout.
yes, of course. It`s a configuration fault and worked not out of the box correctly.
Well i wouldn’t know as I only use English keyboard but I’m just surprised no one has brought it up before. 
Do you know David Kriesel? He explored a bug from Xerox Copy Centers that had been manipulating Copies for 8 years. No other had noticed this bug before - over a time of 8 years. Such a flashy bug. Incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FeqF1-Z1g0
Maybe the second “bug” is a feature. No one shall login to the console with root. My own wanne do that.
the 1. “bug” show this:
the “de” layout differs from the “normal” de layout by missing “§” and “ß” and the backslash and all umlauts (mutated vowels). Not much, but u wont find the characters.
It is de-german layout but does not reflect the default german layout most keyboards have… no Umlauts and some special signs are different…
Nothing EndeavourOS is specifacally setting up… thats the default mechanism calamares is using.
It is simply the first match what calamares is using…
There was similar issue with italian layout but not for TTY it was used as the X default.
But indeed funny that no one mentioned this over the years… but a most signs are working and also y/z are in the right place…
@dalto we should have a look into this.
This was an issue where the shell was being set to /usr/bin/bash but it wasn’t in /etc/shells. It was recently fixed.
ah that brings in the light !
i just done a test about the vconsole issue… if i comment out the de/de map entry it takes de-latin1 instead:
Not sure if this is the most best way to solve the issue 
Localization is pretty far outside my area expertise. Will making that change break things for a different group of users?
the other option would be to put the entry under the de-latin1 entry… so it will be still available…
I am also nit the expert in general… but now after checking around that i see that i have all my personal installs set to the same de-latin1… that`s simply something i do as long as i do use arch.
And in the german archwiki it is also mentioned:
Even the example inb the man page say it
https://man.archlinux.org/man/vconsole.conf.5.en
Aside from that i never saw a german keyboard without Umlauts.
just checked and the issue will get self solved in case you install latest release Cassini R3 in offline mode directly after first boot it has the BUG but after updating system it got resolved.
(user needs to solve pacdiff and merge pacnew in the default /etc/shells file… or use welcome app diffmerge tool…)
{welcome at archlinux }
I tried to research about the de layout it takes… but… i do not find a single info where it mentions no Umlauts for german keymap…
I’m not sure if this can be useful to you. If not just disregard …
https://iask.ai/?mode=question&q=arch+linux+%2B+Umlauts+for+german+keymap
~!"#$%&/()=?` ^1234567890\ QWERTZUIOP* qwertzuiop@+ ASDFGHJKL{} asdfghjkl# >YXCBVBNM;:_ <yxcvbnm,.-
typing in TTY with vconsole set to de… from top left to right caps lock and no caps lock one line after the other
It is QWERTZ but no Umlauts…
Thats default German layout even with the signs on the german standard keyboard:
°!"§$%&/()=?` ¹2345678890ß’ QWERTZUIOPÜ* qwertzuiopü+ ASDFGHJKLÖÄ’ asdfghjklöä# >YXCVBNM;:_ <yxcvbnm,.-
Thanks for try to hep … but there is no issue getting Umlauts working we only need to set the correct de-latin1 map instead of the de map calamares is choosing in the lottery it does in that stuff
My personal “Monk” is asking myself what is this de map even for?
# de.map: German keymap
# (Renamed from gr.map, since it is not a Greek map.)
# Some changes due to Olaf Flebbe (flebbe@pluto.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
# More changes by Jochen Hein <jochen@jochen.org>.
keymaps 0-2,4-6,8-10,12
alt_is_meta
include "qwertz-layout"
altgr keycode 16 = at
control altgr keycode 16 = nul
altgr keycode 50 = mu
include "linux-with-alt-and-altgr"
plain keycode 83 = KP_Comma
include "compose.latin1"
include "euro2.map"
strings as usual
# Normal Shift AltGr Strg
keycode 1 = Escape Escape
keycode 2 = one exclam
keycode 3 = two quotedbl two nul
keycode 4 = three numbersign three Escape
keycode 5 = four dollar
keycode 6 = five percent
keycode 7 = six ampersand
keycode 8 = seven slash braceleft
keycode 9 = eight parenleft bracketleft
keycode 10 = nine parenright bracketright
control altgr keycode 10 = Control_bracketright
keycode 11 = zero equal braceright
keycode 12 = backslash question
control altgr keycode 12 = Control_backslash
keycode 13 = apostrophe grave
keycode 14 = Delete Delete
alt keycode 14 = Meta_Delete
keycode 15 = Tab Meta_Tab
keycode 26 = at backslash
keycode 27 = plus asterisk asciitilde
keycode 28 = Return
alt keycode 28 = Meta_Control_m
keycode 29 = Control
keycode 39 = bracketleft braceleft
keycode 40 = bracketright braceright
control shift keycode 40 = Control_bracketright
keycode 41 = asciicircum asciitilde Meta_grave Control_asciicircum
keycode 42 = Shift
keycode 43 = numbersign apostrophe
keycode 51 = comma semicolon
keycode 52 = period colon
keycode 53 = minus underscore Meta_minus
shift control keycode 53 = Control_underscore
keycode 54 = Shift
keycode 56 = Alt
keycode 57 = space space Meta_space nul
keycode 58 = Caps_Lock
keycode 86 = less greater bar
keycode 97 = Control
# de-latin1.map: German keymap
# (Renamed from gr-latin1.map, since it is not a Greek map.)
# Some changes due to Olaf Flebbe (flebbe@pluto.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
# More changes by Jochen Hein <jochen@jochen.org>.
keymaps 0-2,4-6,8-10,12
alt_is_meta
include "qwertz-layout"
altgr keycode 16 = at
control altgr keycode 16 = nul
altgr keycode 50 = mu
include "linux-with-alt-and-altgr"
plain keycode 83 = KP_Comma
include "euro2.map"
include "compose.latin1"
strings as usual
# Normal Shift AltGr Strg
keycode 1 = Escape Escape
keycode 2 = one exclam
keycode 3 = two quotedbl twosuperior nul
keycode 4 = three section threesuperior Escape
keycode 5 = four dollar
keycode 6 = five percent
keycode 7 = six ampersand
keycode 8 = seven slash braceleft
keycode 9 = eight parenleft bracketleft
keycode 10 = nine parenright bracketright
control altgr keycode 10 = Control_bracketright
keycode 11 = zero equal braceright
keycode 12 = ssharp question backslash
control altgr keycode 12 = Control_backslash
keycode 13 = dead_acute dead_grave
alt keycode 13 = Meta_acute
shift alt keycode 13 = Meta_grave
keycode 14 = Delete Delete
alt keycode 14 = Meta_Delete
keycode 15 = Tab Meta_Tab
keycode 26 = +udiaeresis +Udiaeresis
keycode 27 = plus asterisk dead_tilde
keycode 28 = Return
alt keycode 28 = Meta_Control_m
keycode 29 = Control
keycode 39 = +odiaeresis +Odiaeresis
keycode 40 = +adiaeresis +Adiaeresis
keycode 41 = dead_circumflex degree Meta_asciicircum Control_asciicircum
keycode 42 = Shift
keycode 43 = numbersign apostrophe
keycode 51 = comma semicolon
keycode 52 = period colon
keycode 53 = minus underscore Meta_minus
shift control keycode 53 = Control_underscore
keycode 54 = Shift
keycode 56 = Alt
keycode 57 = space space Meta_space nul
keycode 58 = Caps_Lock
keycode 86 = less greater bar
keycode 97 = Control
So now i could write Email to Jochen and Olaf …
Just testet to simply put de after de-latin1 and it does what the trick too… and in case someone selecting something that would match to that whatever no umlaut German keymap… it will be still there…
Starting job "Definiere Tastaturmodel zu pc105, Layout zu de-" ( 17 / 42 )
19:02:18 [6]: virtual Calamares::JobResult SetKeyboardLayoutJob::exec()
Executing SetKeyboardLayoutJob
19:02:18 [6]: bool SetKeyboardLayoutJob::writeVConsoleData(const QString&, const QString&) const
Writing vconsole data to "/tmp/calamares-root-7et09442/etc/vconsole.conf"
19:02:18 [6]: QString SetKeyboardLayoutJob::findConvertedKeymap(const QString&) const
Looking for converted keymap in ""
19:02:18 [6]: QString findLegacyKeymap(const QString&, const QString&, const QString&)
Looking for legacy keymap "de" "pc105" "" in QRC
.. Found legacy keymap "de-latin1" with score 12
.. Found legacy keymap "de" with score 12
.. Written KEYMAP= "de-latin1" to vconsole.conf 0
19:02:18 [6]: bool SetKeyboardLayoutJob::writeX11Data(const QString&) const
Writing X11 configuration to "/tmp/calamares-root-7et09442/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf"
.. Written XkbLayout "de" ; XkbModel "pc105" ; XkbVariant "" to X.org file "/tmp/calamares-root-7et09442/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf" 0
19:02:18 [6]: bool SetKeyboardLayoutJob::writeDefaultKeyboardData(const QString&) const
Writing default keyboard data to "/tmp/calamares-root-7et09442/etc/default/keyboard"
.. Written XKBMODEL "pc105" ; XKBLAYOUT "de" ; XKBVARIANT "" to /etc/default/keyboard file "/tmp/calamares-root-7et09442/etc/default/keyboard" 0