Wubi Ubuntu 8.10 beta (and 8.04) installation "Inside Windows" can not change language keyboard layouts.

[Kainourgiakis Giorgos]

I install Ubuntu using Wubi's installation "Inside Windows" with Greek language support. Installation finishes successfully but while pressing Alt-Shift in order to change the language layout (US to Greek) nothing happens. I install completely the Greek language support, because initially was partially installed, but the same thing happens. I look in to the keyboard layouts but no Greek layout appears (System>Preferences>Keyboard tab Layouts). I suppose this happens with all languages.

Editing /etc/default/console-setup we see that:

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""

for the Greek language it should be:

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us,gr"
XKBVARIANT=","
XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"

I think that is a major bug that makes Ubuntu with Wubi unusable by new no
English speaking users. Happens in 8.04, 8.04.1, 8.10 beta.

[Agostino Russo (ago)]

Keyboard options are not supported at the moment but the keyboard layout should be correct. Could you please reinstall and press CTRL+ALT+F2 during ubiquity installation and check the content of

cat /proc/cmdline
cat /custom-installation/preseed.cfg

[Kainourgiakis Giorgos (kaingeo)]

Sorry for the delay...

This is cmdlilne:

debian-installer/custom-installation=/ubuntu/install/custom-installation iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu/install/installation.iso automatic-ubiquity noprompt quiet splash boot=casper ro debian-installer/locale=el_GR.UTF-8 console-setup/layoutcode=us console-setup/variantcode= --

[Agostino Russo (ago)]

That is a windows side detection issue. There is a wubi log in your user temp folder (type %temp% in windows explorer), please attach it here.

[Kainourgiakis Giorgos (kaingeo)]

I sent you 2 files one for 8.10 and one for 8.04.1 to see what happend in hardy too.

[Kainourgiakis Giorgos (kaingeo)]

This is the log when I installed hardy before 8.10