[Bug 1847307] Re: ubiquity-dm (maybe-ubiquity/only-ubiquity) missing keyboard indicator, when booted into Esc, Russian locale by default from isolinux BIOS boot

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** Merge proposal linked:
   https://code.launchpad.net/~xnox/ubiquity/+git/ubiquity/+merge/385742

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Title:
  ubiquity-dm (maybe-ubiquity/only-ubiquity) missing keyboard indicator,
  when booted into Esc, Russian locale by default from isolinux BIOS
  boot

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in ubiquity source package in Focal:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * In ubiquity-dm (aka "maybe-ubiquity" or "only-ubiquity" modes) the
  keyboard indicator is not shown. Thus users cannot change keyboard
  layouts to input fields in various languages.

  [Test Case]

   * Boot installer in Russian language, i.e. only-ubiquity --- debian-
  installer/language=ru keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=ru

   * Observe that the installer boots into Russian language by default

   * Observe that in the top right corner there is a keyboard layout
  indicator drop down, and it contains "en" and "ru" layouts.

  [Regression Potential]

   * Starting additional service during minimal ubiquity-dm will
  increase slightly cpu/ram usage. However, it should still be well
  within the declared RAM requirements.

  [Other Info]
   
   * Original bug report

  
  I installed (overwriting an existing partition) from Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Beta amd64 (20191006) selecting "Language": "en_US" and keyboard italian. When i entered the computer name "corrado-p6-ee-1006" i see instead "corrado/p6/ee/1006" because the installer uses the US keyboard so i was forced to enter the computer name considering i have an US keyboard

  {"Media": "Ubuntu 19.10 \"Eoan Ermine\" - Beta amd64 (20191006)",
  "Type": "GTK", "OEM": false, "PartitionMethod": "manual",
  "DownloadUpdates": true, "Language": "en", "Minimal": false,
  "RestrictedAddons": true, "Stages": {"0": "language", "1": "language",
  "5": "console_setup", "11": "console_setup", "19": "prepare", "130":
  "partman", "136": "partman", "142": "partman", "166": "partman",
  "172": "partman", "178": "timezone", "182": "usersetup", "253":
  "user_done", "815": "done"}}

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-13.14-generic 5.3.0
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-13-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Oct  8 18:25:48 2019
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-08 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Beta amd64 (20191006)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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