[Bug 1824820] Re: preseed file fails to configure various settings

[Sebastien Bacher]

** Package changed: preseed (Ubuntu) => ubiquity (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  preseed file fails to configure various settings

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  System Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

  Providing an /preseed/ubuntu.seed file with user configuration fails
  with following symptoms:

  
  This line

    d-i passwd/user-fullname string SCOE Admin

  puts the full name in the "Your name" box, but also the string "SCOE" is then written to the "Pick a username" box.
  The following has no effect at all:

    d-i passwd/username string scoe-adm

  Also putting the string inside " has no effect:

    d-i passwd/username string "scoe-adm"

  Still only "SCOE" is visible in the "Pick a username" box.
  Same goes with the password:

    passwd/user-password password 'mypass123'

  (Note that this did not work in Ubuntu 14 as well)

  ------

  Setting the timezone not work either.
  Specifying the swap partition size in % of the installed memory fails as well. In the below setting only 1GB of swap is assigned although the system has 16GB installed (note that this worked in Ubuntu 14 LTS):

  d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
          root :: \
                  256 256 256 fat32 \
                          $primary{ } \
                          method{ efi } format{ } . \
                  100% 100% 100% linux-swap \
                          $primary{ } \
                          method{ swap } format{ } . \
                  102400 102400 102400 ext4 \
                          $primary{ } $bootable{ } \
                          method{ format } format{ } \
                          use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
                          label{ root } \
                          mountpoint{ / } . \
                  409600 409600 -1 ext4 \
                          $primary{ } \
                          method{ format } format{ } \
                          use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
                          label{ home } \
                          mountpoint{ /home } .

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