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I don't know beyond the fact that only Grub got installed and, apparently, nothing else. Upon starting the virtual machine, I was still offered to boot into the Arch installation environment. I have run
archinstall
again to make an installation without Grub, and am running an installation on a clone of that virtual machine where I have opted into using Grub.Depends on what you mean. I am not a frequent CLI user in general.
Currently, I am not sure how I am supposed to login as root.
EDIT: also, Ctrl+Alt+F2 just produces a black screen. Ctrl+Alt+F1 works, but the other problem persists.
EDIT 2: I still do not know how to switch between keyboard layouts in SDDM, and I can't find information regarding that.
It depends on the theme you're using. Change the file
/etc/sddm.conf
and comment the line where KDE is setting the theme. Should be something lineJust comment putting a hashtag before these lines
Maybe you have to edit using Vim, Emacs or Nano at the tty
The keyboard layouts should be at the top of the logging screen at the default sddm theme
It seems like VirtualBox doesn't automatic removed the iso file from the boot options. Try change this configuration at the VirtualBox and select the boot to be at the virtual driver
At the archinstall script you must've set the root password, right? At the SDDM login screen, you must press Ctrl+Alt+F3 to enter the TTY3 (a big whole full screen terminal) asking for a login. Type
root
, press enter and then it will ask for your password. Type the password you set in the archinstall script (note: in the terminal we do not have a visual feedback from the password field, but it's being written. Just trust the process) and press enter. Now you are logged in as rootNot sure what you are suggesting, but it seems that the hard drive is the last active option in the boot order for that VM. I assume you are suggesting to make it the priority boot device?
I did, and I remember it.
Alright, I did that and run the command.
I still don't know how to switch between the keyboard layouts, and with this installation I opted for the US keyboard layout to be the default one, but have since added one more layout to the list. I couldn't place the keyboard layout widget for some reason, and there is no indication of what layout is chosen on the SDDM screen at all.
Right now, the user is blocked due to too many attempts to enter password, so I will have to wait.
Exactly
Read my other comment. Maybe this is the breeze setting that does not have any way to change layout at the logging screen. Also I suggest you to reboot your VM after these changes you made
Then try Ctrl+Alt+F1