[Bug 1242023] Re: dm-crypt passphrase asked before keyboard layout

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  dm-crypt passphrase asked before keyboard layout

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When performing a fresh 13.10 install and asking for full disk
  encryption, the passphrase is asked before the keyboard layout is
  chosen. Therefore the user types a password as if on a us (qwerty)
  layout, blindly.

  On restart, user has to type the same passphrase but on the layout he
  has selected during the install, which can be tricky for unaware users
  (even without using special chars : good password often include
  digits, which translate to non-alphanumeric char for example on french
  layouts).

  I think keyboard layout selection should occur *before* the passphrase
  is asked, or that the keyboard layout should be adequatly displayed on
  the passphrase selection screen (or maybe display a virtual keyboard ?
  or add a checkbox to authorize the chosen passphrase to appear in
  clear text ?)

  I am rather surprised not to have found this reported already, as it
  seems an obvious problem that any non-us user, asking for full disk
  encryption, would stumble upon. My apologies if this has already been
  reported somewhere...

  Best regards,

  -- 
   Frédéric Meynadier

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