Comment 3 for bug 328078

Hi there,

In fact, this fix doesn't seem to work. I basically re-did the preseed.cfg
file using the intrepid preseed.cfg template.
the d-i console-setup/layoutcode string us was enabled, however, after the
new installation was complete, the keyboard
layout is still in Arabic.

I also don't seem to have any way to fix this on the laptop itself as I
literally have no way of typing command on the console
and am unable to login in via gdm.

Braun

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Colin Watson <email address hidden>wrote:

> The fix for redmage123 is to use "d-i console-setup/layoutcode string
> us" rather than obsolete preseeding based on kbd-chooser. However, it
> would be nice if we had a more graceful default.
>
> ** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => console-setup
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Ubuntu network installer sets incorrect keyboard locale
> + surprising keyboard choice if not preseeded
>
> ** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> --
> surprising keyboard choice if not preseeded
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328078
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>
> Status in "console-setup" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> I installed ubuntu 8.10 via a network installation to a new HP laptop. I
> noticed that during setup,
> when attempting to add a user name, the language wasn't English, it
> appeared to be Arabic or Georgian. Certainly
> a non-latin language. The laptop boots into the console, but when I try to
> login, the keyboard simply emits
> the diamond character rather than english language characters.
>
> The preseed.cfg file I'm using is attached.
>