Ubuntu
console-setup package

  1. Bug #1858090
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Comment 0 for bug 1858090

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Daniel Tang (daniel-z-tg) wrote :

keyboard-configuration does not detect a Surface Type Cover as a keyboard during dpkg-reconfigure. This causes it to skip the dialog and prevents one from configuring the Type Cover.

$ lsb_release -rd

Description: Ubuntu 19.10
Release: 19.10

$ apt-cache policy keyboard-configuration
keyboard-configuration:
  Installed: 1.191ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.191ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.191ubuntu3 500
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu eoan/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

What I expected to happen:

# dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

[I get prompted with an interactive dialog asking me to configure the keyboard]

What happened instead:

# dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

[...]

[The expected dialog doesn't show up, and it goes straight to rebuilding the boot image]

Workaround:

Plug in a standalone USB Keyboard before running the command.