[Bug 1940784] Re: Keyboard layout isn't updated till installation completes

[Steve Langasek]

I've followed the below process to try to reproduce this, and was unable
to:

- launch a VM with UEFI as the firmware.
- boot to the default screen, giving me the choice between "Try Ubuntu" and "Install Ubuntu"
- select "Install Ubuntu" with English as the language
- select "English (US) - English (Dvorak, alt. intl.) as my keyboard
- proceed with the install

All of the text prompts used the selected keyboard.

So since this is not reproducible for me, please explain what steps you
followed that led to this problem.

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

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Title:
  Keyboard layout isn't updated till installation completes

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When installing Ubuntu via the installer, after selecting your
  keyboard layout, it doesn't change until the install has completed.
  This is problematic, as when inputting information into the installer,
  such as PC hostname and username / password, the default (US) keyboard
  layout will be used, as opposed to the one selected in the prior step.
  This can cause confusion especially when inputting your password, as
  there is no option to view the passwords. When you boot into the OS
  for the first time, the keyboard layout updates, and now, if your
  password contains symbols that don't match up with the ones on the US
  layout, your password will be incorrect.

  This was using the latest version of the Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS installer

  lsb_release -rd:

  Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
  Release:	20.04

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun Aug 22 22:24:00 2021
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-08-22 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  Symptom: installation
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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