diff -Nru ubiquity-2.18.8.1/debian/changelog ubiquity-2.18.8.2/debian/changelog
--- ubiquity-2.18.8.1/debian/changelog	2014-06-30 13:25:11.000000000 +0000
+++ ubiquity-2.18.8.2/debian/changelog	2014-09-02 11:21:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+ubiquity (2.18.8.2) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium
+
+  * In ubi-console-setup.py query for keyboard names in English
+    in KDE frontend, fixes crash with Swiss German
+    LP: #1182784
+
+ -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:58:19 +0000
+
 ubiquity (2.18.8.1) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium
 
   [ Aurelien Gateau ]
diff -Nru ubiquity-2.18.8.1/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-console-setup.py ubiquity-2.18.8.2/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-console-setup.py
--- ubiquity-2.18.8.1/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-console-setup.py	2014-04-22 11:29:58.000000000 +0000
+++ ubiquity-2.18.8.2/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-console-setup.py	2014-09-02 10:58:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
     @plugin.only_this_page
     def on_keyboard_layout_selected(self, *args):
         layout = self.get_keyboard()
-        l = self.controller.dbfilter.get_locale()
+        l = 'C'
         if layout is not None:
             #skip updating keyboard if not using display
             if self.keyboardDisplay:
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 
         if self.keyboardDisplay:
             var = None
-            l = self.controller.dbfilter.get_locale()
+            l = 'C'
             ly = keyboard_names.layout_id(l, layout)
             if variant:
                 try:
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
             self.page.keyboard_layout_combobox.setCurrentIndex(index)
 
         if self.keyboardDisplay:
-            l = self.controller.dbfilter.get_locale()
+            l = 'C'
             ly = keyboard_names.layout_id(l, misc.utf8(layout))
             self.keyboardDisplay.setLayout(ly)
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
             self.page.keyboard_variant_combobox.setCurrentIndex(index)
 
         if self.keyboardDisplay:
-            l = self.controller.dbfilter.get_locale()
+            l = 'C'
             layout = keyboard_names.layout_id(l, self.get_keyboard())
             if variant:
                 try: