How do I use the Cherokee keyboard layout to type English characters?

Wow, I've really done it this time. I've locked myself out of my machine.

In preparing for a Cherokee language course, I added the Cherokee keyboard layout to my options. However, I was unable to generate any Cherokee characters by selecting that input device.

I found an article on the web which instructed me to use the dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration command in a terminal.

Once I did that, I rebooted as instructed. Once I was presented with the login screen, I entered my password as usual only for it to fail.

After failing a few times, I gave my attention to what is usually a mundane exercise (i.e., logging in). While I carefully entered my password, each time, I get the message, "Sorry that didn't work..."

So, I brought up the onscreen keyboard... But the password box displays an asterisk for only the first character of my password.

I attempted to use the direct Unicode input method (ctrl-shift-Uxxxx) but the Cherokee keyboard has no "U" key.

Can anyone please help me troubleshoot this?

Solution 1:

I gave you a hint on the bug report, but probably there is an easier way, i.e. booting in recovery mode, getting a root prompt and remounting the system in read/write mode.

The details are explained in answers to this question. You don't actually need to reset the password, but rather edit /etc/default/keyboard. But besides that, the steps in the answers apply.