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Why does lightdm handel password input different than TTY?

I notice that lightdm handles password input different than TTY (console without GUI). try create a user with "^" character in password with English (US, with deadkeys) keyboard layout Login using ...
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Why does my display manager have the wrong keyboard layout after installation?

After installing X-/Kubuntu I always get the wrong/standart US keyboard layout both on my desktop and at the Display Manager. During the installation I set DE, deadgraveacute as the default layout. ...
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How to add a keyboard layout to the login screen?

The login screen only shows my default keyboard layout, how can I add different ones, so that other users can select these if they want? Additionaly: is there a way to allow users to select arbitrary ...
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LightDM allows only Russian keyboard layout at login

I upgraded to 12.04 and now I can't log in because Ubuntu only allows Russian keyboard layout at login, but my password has Latin letters in it. Guest session works, and allows other languages, but I ...
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Which application is responsible for accepting passwords when entered in diffrent keyboard layout?

I just noticed that when I'm prompted to enter my password to unlock the system, no matter what layout I choose (Persian or English) as long as I press same buttons that resembles my password in US ...
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How do I set the login manager to enable `change languages` at login?

How can I recompile the source to force the option to allow changing languages and keyboard layouts at login?
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How can I change the keyboard layout in the login screen?

I have different users on the machine who use different keyboard layouts. In 11.04, you could change the keyboard layout on the login screen (and it would remember it per user). How can I do this in ...