[Bug 1973152] [NEW] Wrong timezone automatically selected during installation

[Aaron Rainbolt]

Public bug reported:

Note: This bug might be the fault of my ISP - I'm using Verizon's
Premium Mobile Hotspot plan as my home internet, and I've noticed a
similar problem in Lubuntu Jammy. Seems like this bug probably would
have been caught back then, so I'm pretty sure this isn't Ubuntu's
fault, but just in case, I'm posting it. I'm about to have a different
ISP most likely tomorrow, so I'll be able to test again then.

Testing Ubuntu Kinetic in a VM, doing the "Install (entire disk with lvm
and encryption)" test. Same host hardware and software as present in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1973150

In step 18 of the test, the timezone automatically detected is New York.
I'm in the Chicago timezone, and had to manually select it. This
contradicts the testcase, which states that the timezone and city
displayed should match my timezone and the main city from my area.

Steps to reproduce the bug:

1: Download the Ubuntu Kinetic daily ISO from 2022-05-11. Here's the link: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20220511.1/kinetic-desktop-amd64.iso
2: Open virt-manager, and ensure that you have a connection to "QEMU/KVM User session". (If you don't, you can create this connection in virt-manager by clicking "File", "Add Connection", selecting "QEMU/KVM user session" in the "Hypervisor" drop down, then clicking "Connect".
3: Create a new VM under QEMU/KVM user session. Select the Kinetic ISO downloaded above, set the OS to "Ubuntu 21.04" (that's the newest version my virt-manager recognizes), and give it 4 GB RAM, 2 CPU cores, and 20 GB of disk space.
4: Follow the steps in this test procedure: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/433/builds/247872/testcases/1451/results

Expected result: In step 18 of the test, the timezone automatically
detected should match the timezone the user is in.

Actual result: The timezone automatically detected is somewhere not even
close to where the user is.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-27.28-generic 5.15.30
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu May 12 03:52:47 2022
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-05-12 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Alpha amd64 (20220511.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no username)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kinetic ubiquity-22.04.16 wayland-session

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Title:
  Wrong timezone automatically selected during installation

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Note: This bug might be the fault of my ISP - I'm using Verizon's
  Premium Mobile Hotspot plan as my home internet, and I've noticed a
  similar problem in Lubuntu Jammy. Seems like this bug probably would
  have been caught back then, so I'm pretty sure this isn't Ubuntu's
  fault, but just in case, I'm posting it. I'm about to have a different
  ISP most likely tomorrow, so I'll be able to test again then.

  Testing Ubuntu Kinetic in a VM, doing the "Install (entire disk with
  lvm and encryption)" test. Same host hardware and software as present
  in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1973150

  In step 18 of the test, the timezone automatically detected is New
  York. I'm in the Chicago timezone, and had to manually select it. This
  contradicts the testcase, which states that the timezone and city
  displayed should match my timezone and the main city from my area.

  Steps to reproduce the bug:

  1: Download the Ubuntu Kinetic daily ISO from 2022-05-11. Here's the link: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20220511.1/kinetic-desktop-amd64.iso
  2: Open virt-manager, and ensure that you have a connection to "QEMU/KVM User session". (If you don't, you can create this connection in virt-manager by clicking "File", "Add Connection", selecting "QEMU/KVM user session" in the "Hypervisor" drop down, then clicking "Connect".
  3: Create a new VM under QEMU/KVM user session. Select the Kinetic ISO downloaded above, set the OS to "Ubuntu 21.04" (that's the newest version my virt-manager recognizes), and give it 4 GB RAM, 2 CPU cores, and 20 GB of disk space.
  4: Follow the steps in this test procedure: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/433/builds/247872/testcases/1451/results

  Expected result: In step 18 of the test, the timezone automatically
  detected should match the timezone the user is in.

  Actual result: The timezone automatically detected is somewhere not
  even close to where the user is.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-27.28-generic 5.15.30
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu May 12 03:52:47 2022
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-05-12 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Alpha amd64 (20220511.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no username)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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