Ubuntu
ubiquity package

keyboard layout settings from "guess keymap" are not kept

Bug #521831 reported by Guntbert Reiter
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Evan
Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-2

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

When (in step 4 - keyboard layout) I select "guess keymap" the settings are only used on this page, they are already lost in step 6 (who are you) AND they are not applied to the installed system either.

Selecting "choose your own" works fine throughout installation and in the installed system

I used "german, eliminate dead keys", a screenshot of the dialogue is attached

Steps to reproduce :
(Have a keyboard other than USA)
1. Start Ubuntu 10.04 beta1 LiveCD.
2. Keep english as the default language, and click Install Ubuntu.
3. Don't change the country, click forward.
4. Ubuntu suggest you USA keyboard, click Guess keymap and click Guess..
5. Follow instructions until it detects your keyboard.
6. Click Forward and continue the installation until the end.

Result : The target system is installed with USA keyboard layout.

See original description

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/ubiquity
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Guntbert Reiter (guntbert) wrote :
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k3nt-1 (dugauthier) wrote :

Just for the record, the same problem (at least for the Ubiquity part) happens in the Lucid Alpha 3 Ubiquity (updated before the install).
I have a French keyboard that was correctly detected, but I had to select it manually to have proper input in the "Who are you" screen.

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Saivann Carignan (oxmosys) wrote :

I confirm this bug report, which according to duplicates applies to all keyboard layouts. I'm adding steps to reproduce in the bug description.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Saivann Carignan (oxmosys) wrote :

In my case it happens with Canadian keyboard layout in ubuntu 10.04 beta1 LiveCD

description: updated
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AJenbo (ajenbo) wrote :

I used a post beta 1 daily, going directly for install as i booted.

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AJenbo (ajenbo) wrote :

This happens for me even if i select Danish as the language, Country is automatically set to Denmark.
I'm running it in VirtualBox

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Evan (ev) wrote :

Confirmed on the 20100325 CD (ubiquity 2.2.8).

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Evan Dandrea (ev)
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-2
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Evan (ev)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.2.9

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ubiquity (2.2.9) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Evan Dandrea ]
  * Correctly feed the calculated keyboard layout back to the running
    component. This has the side benefit of the calculated layout
    getting selected in the treeviews (LP: #521831).
  * Don't try to import the GTK LabelledEntry widget in the KDE frontend
    (LP: #546792).
  * Disable the context menu in the slideshow frame. Thanks Dylan
    McCall!
  * Make sure the user we're not processing events before we've set up
    the language list in the KDE frontend (LP 528678).
  * Don't try to translate the greeter with the C locale.
  * Don't destroy the main window when the close button is pressed
    (LP: #543775).
  * Properly handle exceptions around opening the release_notes_url file
    in the KDE frontend (LP: #540266). Hide the label if the release notes
    do not exist.
  * Handle window manager buttons properly in greeter mode
    (LP 539827).
  * Update DebconfInstallProgress for changes to python-apt
    (LP: #546889).
  * Make labels unselectable now that we're in beta, per foundations-
    lucid-installer-design-improvements.
  * Make the quit warning dialog transient for the main window (modal).
  * Automatic update of included source packages: console-setup
    1.34ubuntu13, grub-installer 1.49ubuntu9, partman-base 139ubuntu2.

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Depend on uboot-mkimage and redboot-tools on armel, and ensure that the
    appropriate one for the subarchitecture is kept installed, so that
    flash-kernel can work properly without network access (LP: #537007).
 -- Evan Dandrea <email address hidden> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:59:52 +0000

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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