[Bug 1047384] Re: System Encryption Password set before setting keyboard locale
Benjamin Schmid
1047384 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Apr 5 12:36:44 UTC 2013
Unfortunately this issue is still present in the 13.04 Beta. As nearly
every of the 249 countries _except_ US, IN, CA, AU, HK, NZ, ZA, MY,
SG,PH uses a non US keyboard layout, this issue affects in my opinion a
very large user base.
Proposal: As temporary interims workaround provide a least a text hint
about the US keymap in the dialog where the user enters his volume
password?
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Title:
System Encryption Password set before setting keyboard locale
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Ubuntu 12.10
When installing my system, I selected to encrypt access to my system.
This prompted me to enter a password. I entered a password with a #
symbol in it, however due to using an english keyboard, this would not
have been correctly recorded as a #, but as a ' instead - leading it
to refuse my password when booting.
I tested this both connected to and not connected to the internet.
It seems that at the point of entering the password during the
installer, the keyboard layout was set to en_US. Therefore, when
booting and having the locale as en_GB - it didn't correctly work.
I tried this with the @ symbol, which when entered was accepted on
boot by hitting shift+2 (american combination)
I also tried this by entering a password with a £ sign (shift 3 on UK
keyboard - which would be a # on a US keyboard)
When entering password on boot, entering the password with the # key
rather than the £ key worked.
In summary - when entering password for encrypting system, keyboard is
set as a US keyboard layout, which differs from that when booting to
enter the password if it is changed in a later step.
Proposed solution: Move the keyboard selection / Locale Setup before
any input boxes. (espescially those where you can't see the contents
of them!)
<http://goo.gl/PSaUz>: "Whenever “Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation
for security” is checked, the caption “You’ll choose a security key in
just a moment.” should be sensitive. If you then choose “Continue”,
the “Keyboard layout” step should be next, instead of its usual order,
so that typing the security key works as expected, and should then be
followed by “Choose a security key”."
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