[Bug 1477394] [NEW] During boot with GRUB2, command keymap is accepted but has NO effect

[Etienne URBAH]

Public bug reported:

I have a French keyboard, and I have generated a GRUB keyboard file with following command :
#  grub-kbdcomp  -o /boot/grub/layouts/fr_oss.gkb  fr  oss

Then inside GRUB2 command line interface, following commands are accepted, but GRUB2 still handles my USB keyboard as 'en_us'  :
  insmod  keylayouts
  keymap fr_oss


I order to reproduce this bug :
-  You need any keyboard which is NOT 'en_us',
-  You can put following code in '/etc/grub.d/40_custom', issue 'sudo update-grub', then reboot :
KEYBOARD_GRUB_FOLDER="/boot/grub/layouts"
KEYBOARD_LAYOUT="$(setxkbmap -query  |  grep -i '^ *layout *:'  |  sed -e 's/^ *layout *: *//i')"
KEYBOARD_VARIANT="$(setxkbmap -query  |  grep -i '^ *variant *:'  |  sed -e 's/^ *variant *: *//i')"
KEYBOARD_SPEC="$KEYBOARD_LAYOUT"_"$KEYBOARD_VARIANT"
KEYBOARD_PATH="$KEYBOARD_GRUB_FOLDER/$KEYBOARD_SPEC.gkb"
grub-kbdcomp  -o "$KEYBOARD_PATH"  "$KEYBOARD_LAYOUT"  "$KEYBOARD_VARIANT"  2>&1  |  \
  grep -v '^Unknown keyboard scan '  > /dev/stderr
if [ -f "$KEYBOARD_PATH" ]; then
  echo "# Try to tell GRUB to use the adequate keyboard layout"
  echo "insmod keylayouts"
  echo "keymap $KEYBOARD_SPEC"
fi

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: grub2-common 2.02~beta2-22ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-23.24-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Thu Jul 23 06:45:21 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-20 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid

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Title:
  During boot with GRUB2, command keymap is accepted but has NO effect

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have a French keyboard, and I have generated a GRUB keyboard file with following command :
  #  grub-kbdcomp  -o /boot/grub/layouts/fr_oss.gkb  fr  oss

  Then inside GRUB2 command line interface, following commands are accepted, but GRUB2 still handles my USB keyboard as 'en_us'  :
    insmod  keylayouts
    keymap fr_oss

  
  I order to reproduce this bug :
  -  You need any keyboard which is NOT 'en_us',
  -  You can put following code in '/etc/grub.d/40_custom', issue 'sudo update-grub', then reboot :
  KEYBOARD_GRUB_FOLDER="/boot/grub/layouts"
  KEYBOARD_LAYOUT="$(setxkbmap -query  |  grep -i '^ *layout *:'  |  sed -e 's/^ *layout *: *//i')"
  KEYBOARD_VARIANT="$(setxkbmap -query  |  grep -i '^ *variant *:'  |  sed -e 's/^ *variant *: *//i')"
  KEYBOARD_SPEC="$KEYBOARD_LAYOUT"_"$KEYBOARD_VARIANT"
  KEYBOARD_PATH="$KEYBOARD_GRUB_FOLDER/$KEYBOARD_SPEC.gkb"
  grub-kbdcomp  -o "$KEYBOARD_PATH"  "$KEYBOARD_LAYOUT"  "$KEYBOARD_VARIANT"  2>&1  |  \
    grep -v '^Unknown keyboard scan '  > /dev/stderr
  if [ -f "$KEYBOARD_PATH" ]; then
    echo "# Try to tell GRUB to use the adequate keyboard layout"
    echo "insmod keylayouts"
    echo "keymap $KEYBOARD_SPEC"
  fi

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: grub2-common 2.02~beta2-22ubuntu1.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-23.24-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-23-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
  Date: Thu Jul 23 06:45:21 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-20 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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