[Bug 664639] Re: Xubuntu installer keyboard selection error

[Sam Hughes]

This is also a problem (as of Xubuntu 13.10) for people setting up an
encrypted LVM, because they'll be asked to type their passphrase before
the keyboard selection screen.  After restarting, when asked for their
passphrase, their preferred keyboard will be in effect (as is proper,
because they could add another passphrase later) instead of the one that
was in effect when the user tried to specify the passphrase in the
installer.

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Title:
  Xubuntu installer keyboard selection error

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  Xubuntu 10.10 installer on live cd.

  I use English but my laptop was purchased in latin america so it has a
  Spanish keyboard.

  The problem was that in the installer the first option was to select
  English but the option to select the keyboard configuration happens
  AFTER the partitioning phase. Because I choose to manually partition
  my drive on each clean install, choosing English gave me a standard US
  keyboard. But entering mount points requires a backslash and it is not
  the same key for a Spanish keyboard.

  Obviously this only affects those in a rare set of circumstances but
  it is still a design bug nevertheless. The keyboard selection needs to
  be done at the start of the installation process along with the
  language selection.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct 21 12:51:50 2010
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101008.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity

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