[Bug 771446] Re: Kubuntu installer uses wrong character encoding

[NickElliott]

Following some feedback on the KDE Forums my keyboard is now working.

In System Settings...Input Devices...Keyboard under the Layouts tab
'Configure layouts' was disabled. As soon as I enabled it an entry
appeared for a 'us' keyboard.

I replaced the 'us' layout with 'gb' and now  the keyboard mappings work
as expected.

Is it possible that although the installer correctly identified the
keyboard it failed to apply the right layout?

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Title:
  Kubuntu installer uses wrong character encoding

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  During the kubuntu install from a live CD, after choosing the German keyboard and typing a German name with German accents (when asked for your full name), the characters are displayed incorrectly (screenshot attached). 
  I believe that the keyboard map is correct. All of the non-accented characters seem to be mapped to the right keys at least. I also tried the French keyboard layout (with the installer still running in German), where the keyboard map also seems correct. With French, the accented characters also do not display correctly. 

  This is all during the end-user setup after an OEM install. In another install (non-OEM), I ran the kubuntu installer in English and used the German keyboard and the characters are correctly displayed. So, the problem seems to be either a result of the installer being in German, or the result of the environment that is setup after the OEM install.
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  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
  Package: ubiquity 2.6.10
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Tags:  natty
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: