Always a problem to fix

For anyone wondering: The fix is to use the alternative "old." frontend of your home instance (e.g. old.lemmy.world)
It lets you log in without Javascript.

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I installed Ubuntu on an external drive for a kind of dual boot scenario only to discover that my Asus laptop has a known issue that disables the native keyboard. Patched it using an external keyboard, but it lost the partition location and booted to a bash terminal, leaving both the native keyboard and USB headers (thus external keyboard) useless.

Had a dream I solved it, then woke up and remembered I literally couldn't