[Bug 1862656] [NEW] Indicate which keyboard layout is active when typing the password on boot-up

[David D Lowe]

Public bug reported:

I have a feature request: please display to the user which keyboard
layout is active when they are tying their password upon boot-up.

I had set up full-disk encryption using Ubuntu's installer. One day,
after rebooting, I could not get my new password accepted. I tried again
and again. Eventually, I realised that I was typing in the wrong
keyboard layout. This requested feature would have saved me so much time
and would have enabled me to realise what the problem was much sooner.

Note that there is no way to verify what keyboard layout is active, as
whatever you type is hidden with asterisks. Even changing to another
virtual terminal does not let you display what you have typed. This
makes it even more important to give the user a visual indication of
which keyboard layout is active.

I am using Ubuntu 18.04.

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

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Title:
  Indicate which keyboard layout is active when typing the password on
  boot-up

Status in cryptsetup package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have a feature request: please display to the user which keyboard
  layout is active when they are tying their password upon boot-up.

  I had set up full-disk encryption using Ubuntu's installer. One day,
  after rebooting, I could not get my new password accepted. I tried
  again and again. Eventually, I realised that I was typing in the wrong
  keyboard layout. This requested feature would have saved me so much
  time and would have enabled me to realise what the problem was much
  sooner.

  Note that there is no way to verify what keyboard layout is active, as
  whatever you type is hidden with asterisks. Even changing to another
  virtual terminal does not let you display what you have typed. This
  makes it even more important to give the user a visual indication of
  which keyboard layout is active.

  I am using Ubuntu 18.04.

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