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?
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?
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).