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I installed LightDM on an Arch Linux system (using pacman) and it runs fine, except, that if I try to type a special character (like "@", "$", ...) in the user or password field it doesn't do anything. I'm using the gtk3 greeter, but it doesn't work with other greeters aswell.

I configured the keyboard and the locale like described in the Arch Linux installation guide and it also says in the top right corner of LightDM "de_DE.utf-8".

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Which special characters don't work? Are they the ones that require AltGr? – Gilles May 18 '14 at 23:58
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Yes, exactly. I think LightDM uses for some reasons an American keyboard layout (for example "-" on my keyboard becomes "/"). But if I login without LightDM and start Cinnamon everything works fine. – TeHeRu33 May 19 '14 at 10:15
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The problem was that I forgot the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-keyboard.conf . I created it with the content:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "keyboard"
    MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
    Option "XkbLayout" "de"
    Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

and now LightDM works.

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Here is the pertaining Arch documentation. – Serge Stroobandt Oct 27 '16 at 12:39
    
The localectl list-x11-keymap-layouts command will list all available keyboard layouts/maps. – Serge Stroobandt Oct 27 '16 at 20:32

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