[Bug 975803] Re: ubuntu-defaults-builder: setting language automatically results in non-standard keyboard layout

[Alkis Georgopoulos]

I think that's a general problem with all Ubuntu Live CDs, even with the
stock ones, and it's caused by Ubiquity.

Details:
1) If I don't press anything at gfxboot (the initial isolinux language selection menu), then "maybe-ubiquity" is added in /proc/cmdline.
Then, /etc/init/ubiquity.conf launches ubiquity-dm, which is the dialog that mentions "Try Ubuntu / Install Ubuntu".
Ubiquity-dm completely messes up the keyboard layout, e.g. if I have Greek preselected, then the layouts are:
Greek, Greek (simple), Greek (extended), Greek (polytonic),
while they should be:
Greek, English.

2) If I select a language at gfxboot, then "maybe-ubiquity" isn't added
at /proc/cmdline, and the "Try Ubuntu / Install Ubuntu" dialog isn't
displayed. So I directly enter a session, and there the keyboard is
fine, i.e. Greek / English.

Please fix ubiquity so that it selects the correct keyboard layout (or
just leave the default one at /etc/default/keyboard which is fine).

** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  ubuntu-defaults-builder: setting language automatically results in
  non-standard keyboard layout

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubuntu-defaults-builder” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When setting the language to 'nl', langpack to 'nl complete' and
  setting nothing for keyboard lay-out, the live cd has the following
  keyboards enabled:

  Nederlands (dutch)
  Belgisch (belgian)
  Belgisch ISO alternative
  Belgisch no dead keys

  This makes the live-cd hard to use, since the above keyboard layouts
  correspond to different physical keyboard layouts, that are hardly in
  use anymore. During installation the default keyboard layout suggested
  is US intl, and none of the alternate keyboard layouts are present
  after the installation has finisched. So this problem is restricte to
  the live system only

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubuntu-defaults-builder 0.30
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Apr  7 10:58:23 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-defaults-builder
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-10 (27 days ago)

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