I'm trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 Server, but it has issues detecting hard drives. To figure out what's wrong, I switched to the installer shell session with F2. Now I'm trying to enter a command that requires a file path as parameter, but I cannot get Ubuntu to type a /
into the terminal.
This is a remote server, I'm connected through VNC during the setup, I'm typing on a keyboard with German keyboard layout. Here's what I've tried so far
- try to type
/
withShift+7
(as written on my keyboard):?
appears - hit the key left of
right shift
(where/
is on US keybaords):-
appears (this is what you'd expect from a German layout, but then why isShift+7
not working?) loadkeys de
: I get a bunch of warnings aboutUnknown X keysym "dead_belowmacron"
- now
Shift+7
results in_
and the key left ofright shift
produces nothing loadkeys us
: back to the previous behaviordpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
: same results as withloadkeys
The keyboard layouts appear to be completely messed up. With the US layout, many keys on my German keyboard produce exactly what's written on them, even though I loaded the US layout. On the other hand, when I load the German keyboard layout, it's even more broken and many keys cease to function entirely.
Is there any way I can type a /
in this terminal? This seems so ridiculous...
dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
did not help, same asloadkeys