Librem 13 backslash key generates "less than" symbol

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My new Librem 13 hung. When I reset it and rebooted, the \ | key (backslash and vertical bar) generates < and > (less than and greater than). I have no way to generate a backslash or a vertical bar now. The rest of the keys work normally.

I plugged in a USB keyboard, and the backslash key works correctly, generates a \ (backslash) symbol, and with the shift key generates a | (vertical bar) symbol.

How can I get the backslash and vertical bar symbols back? Is there a way to reset the keyboard?

I am running PureOS.

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Seems the particular keyboards used in the Librems don’t produce the standard scan code. Check this other forum post for details and how to fix it.

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Thanks!

I think I was getting pipe and backslash before I reset the Librem 13 when it hung, so it seems something changed.

I followed the directions in the other thread. The “setkeycodes 56 43” works, but I can’t make it permanent. I’ll follow up on the other thread.

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See this other forum post for a more permanent fix

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My brand new Librem 13 does the same thing and I’ve not had it hang and need to be rebooted. This is clearly an issue that needs to be addressed.

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Same here. Just opened my Librem 13 v2 for the first time and this is also a problem for me.

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Suddenly I have a similar issue: I have a UK keyboard on my Librem 13 and the numbers symbol key (’#’) and backslash keys map to the same code. If I choose US layout in my Plasma desktop, both give me the backslash symbol whereas if I choose UK layout, both give me the numbers symbol. Does other users have this same issue?

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This topic is a duplicate of Keyboard layout unable to recognize pipe.
There is a workaround provided there, upstream added workaround and will be available with an update (hopefully soon).