Xubuntu installer keyboard selection error
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Xubuntu 10.10 installer on live cd.
I use English but my laptop was purchased in latin america so it has a Spanish keyboard.
The problem was that in the installer the first option was to select English but the option to select the keyboard configuration happens AFTER the partitioning phase. Because I choose to manually partition my drive on each clean install, choosing English gave me a standard US keyboard. But entering mount points requires a backslash and it is not the same key for a Spanish keyboard.
Obviously this only affects those in a rare set of circumstances but it is still a design bug nevertheless. The keyboard selection needs to be done at the start of the installation process along with the language selection.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 21 12:51:50 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101008.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
tags: | added: ubiquity-2.4.8 |
Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!