Hi,
I couldn't find any topic about this, so I'm sorry if I've created this thread and there is one already.
I did a fresh install of garuda sway and after reboot it changed to different layout with blue sway wallpaper and none of the keyboard shortcuts work. I can't launch terminal, just switching between workspaces and resize shortcut work.
I've reinstalled the os three times and even downloaded iso again but I am stuck there...
Please post garuda-inxi from terminal, maybe from garuda-assistant.
Did you set the time and locale settings in live ISO before you boot to login page (IDK if there exist one 
) or the desktop?
Can you open a terminal and use
localectl
to see your language settings?
I can't open terminal. I've tried Czech language setting and when it happened I did a new fresh install with US language. It doesn't matter.
I could try install it again and post the output after that. But I will do it tomorrow.
Ok, I couldn't resist, so here is output.
System Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_TIME=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_NAME=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=cs_CZ.UTF-8
VC Keymap: cz-lat2
X11 Layout: cz
no, it's localectl
locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_ALL=
╭─sgs@hypr in ~ as 🧙 took 36ms
╰─λ localectl
System Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
VC Keymap: de
X11 Layout: de
VC Keymap: cz-lat2
X11 Layout: cz
localectl
System Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_TIME=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_NAME=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=cs_CZ.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=cs_CZ.UTF-8
VC Keymap: cz-lat2
X11 Layout: cz
Now, I can do anything, but I am not sure that if reboot, there could be changed everything again like look of the bar and wallpaper. And shortcuts not working...
I do not know if there is the problem, can you use cz as keymap?
And what exactly change?
Wallpapers change some time, maybe you saw an old style in web/YT… ?
Edit
Try https://iso.builds.garudalinux.org/iso/garuda/sway/230820/
Can you post your garuda-inxi please?
This sounds like an issue with /home. Do you have an unconventional setup with /home?
The default garuda sway look was totally gone. There was just bar with numbers of "activities" on the left side and date on the right. The wallpaper changed to blue screen with title sway in the center plus a tree. And shortcuts were not working.
The only thing I changed was putting /etc/sway/config to ~/.config/sway/config to be able to change settings but I didn't change a thing.
garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.2.13-zen-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=b352b155-5336-430b-acd4-2a15fcf40967 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=61918371-994a-4710-9dca-e49a0ff6c1ee loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: sway v: 1.8.1 info: waybar vt: 1 dm: greetd Distro: Garuda Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 7310 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0KD96W v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.19.0 date: 09/12/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 5.8 Wh (33.7%) condition: 17.2/51.0 Wh (33.7%) volts: 7.3
min: 7.6 model: BYD DELL HRGYV05 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10610U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check
built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
stepping: 0xC (12) microcode: 0xF4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2112 high: 2300 min/max: 400/4900 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 2300 2: 2300 3: 2300
4: 2300 5: 2300 6: 2300 7: 2300 8: 800 bogomips: 36799
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Dell Latitude 7310
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9b41 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0bda:5539
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 23.2.0 compositor: sway v: 1.8.1
driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 1
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x05db built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 166 gamma: 1.2 scale: 1 size: 294x165mm (11.57x6.5")
diag: 337mm (13.3") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
Message: No known Wayland EGL/GBM data sources. API: EGL/GBM
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:02c8 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.2.13-zen-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.79 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:02f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 505.85 GiB used: 10.38 GiB (2.1%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: PC SN520 NVMe WDC 512GB size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 20240012 temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: A-Data model: USB Flash Drive
size: 28.91 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 459.82 GiB size: 459.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.38 GiB (2.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 459.82 GiB size: 459.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.38 GiB (2.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 459.82 GiB size: 459.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.38 GiB (2.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 459.82 GiB size: 459.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.38 GiB (2.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.29 GiB used: 512 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.82 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: 31.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 279 Uptime: 1h 22m wakeups: 26066 Memory: total: 16 GiB
note: est. available: 15.29 GiB used: 3 GiB (19.6%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1175 libs: 337 tools: pamac,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1
default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.29
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date: 2023-09-02
Last full system update: 2023-09-02 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
Bingo, this would have overwritten the existing config. Without that, no shortcuts will be set up, no wallpaper (that blue one is the Sway "default), basically everything will be back to stock Sway.
This is a fully configured Sway already, so no need to do that step–~/.config/sway/config already exists. Instead, edit the config to make the changes you wish.
Thank you very much, my bad.
I've read somewhere on forum that this should be made and was stupidly following that. It was probably outdated or something... Bud I could check if it's ok
Have a nice day 
Actually, that is exactly what you should do if you are installing Sway from scratch--for example, if you are setting up an Arch installation. In the case of Garuda Linux, a lot of configuration has already been done.
I'm glad we could help crack the case. 
Welcome to the community @Saumalek. 
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