package: src:systemd version: 253-3 severity: critical The latest package update (to unstable) has broken login keyboard- layout support. I'm marking this as critical due to the chaotic potential for locking many users out of their accounts / systems, some of whom unlike myself may have no clue what's wrong and how to get around it, if they can.
I'm from the UK and my locale / keyboard-layout is setup accordingly. Systemd packages were updated from 252.11-1 to 253-3 today on my unstable/sid system. I happened to hit an OOM condition that killed my user session a little while after having installed these updates, kicking me back to the Gnome login screen. I tried to log back in but I couldn't. After many tries, confident I was typing in my password correctly, and rebooting having made no difference, I toggled the feature to see what I was typing and discovered that a certain special character was not matching what I typed. I was able to find a key with which to enter the correct symbol and thus was able to get back in. I presume it's defaulting to US layout for some reason. I checked out the updates that had been installed today and I then tried downgrading all of the systemd packages (listed below) to those from testing (252.11-1). This solves the problem. With 253-3 installed, if I lock my account it seems to be using the correct layout, but if I logout or reboot then it's using the wrong one. With the 252.11-1 downgrade everything uses the correct layout again. Reinstating 253-3 the problem is back, confirming that the problem relates to the upgrade of systemd packages. Apt package log (systemd only): Install: systemd-dev:amd64 (253-3, automatic) Upgrade: udev:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), systemd-container:amd64 (252.11- 1, 253-3), libnss-myhostname:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), libpam- systemd:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), libsystemd0:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), libudev-dev:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), systemd:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), libudev1:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), libnss-mymachines:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), libsystemd-shared:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), systemd-sysv:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3), libsystemd-dev:amd64 (252.11-1, 253-3) Apt term log (systemd only): Preparing to unpack .../0-libnss-mymachines_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libnss-mymachines:amd64 (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../1-systemd-container_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking systemd-container (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../2-systemd-oomd_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking systemd-oomd (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../3-libpam-systemd_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libpam-systemd:amd64 (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../4-systemd_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking systemd (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../5-libsystemd-shared_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libsystemd-shared:amd64 (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../6-libsystemd0_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libsystemd0:amd64 (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Setting up libsystemd0:amd64 (253-3) ... Preparing to unpack .../archives/udev_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking udev (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package systemd-dev. Preparing to unpack .../systemd-dev_253-3_all.deb ... Unpacking systemd-dev (253-3) ... Setting up systemd-dev (253-3) ... Setting up libsystemd-shared:amd64 (253-3) ... Setting up systemd (253-3) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/journald.conf ... Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/system.conf ... Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/user.conf ... Preparing to unpack .../systemd-sysv_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking systemd-sysv (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd-dev_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libsystemd-dev:amd64 (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../libudev-dev_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libudev-dev:amd64 (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libudev1:amd64 (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Setting up libudev1:amd64 (253-3) ... Preparing to unpack .../libnss-myhostname_253-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libnss-myhostname:amd64 (253-3) over (252.11-1) ... Setting up systemd-sysv (253-3) ... Setting up udev (253-3) ... Setting up libnss-myhostname:amd64 (253-3) ... Setting up libudev-dev:amd64 (253-3) ... Setting up systemd-container (253-3) ... Setting up libpam-systemd:amd64 (253-3) ... Setting up systemd-oomd (253-3) ... Setting up libsystemd-dev:amd64 (253-3) ... Setting up libnss-mymachines:amd64 (253-3) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.3.0-1-amd64 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ... Processing triggers for dbus (1.14.8-1) ... I noticed that the systemd changelog for 253-rc2-1 states "make /etc/default/locale a symlink to /etc/locale.conf". With 253-3 installed I indeed have this symlink (with owner root:root and permissions 777). My locale.conf, which has owner root:root and permissions 644 has the following content: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8 I also note that the systemd v253 changelog has an entry mentioning a change relating to /etc/vconsole.conf and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00- keyboard.conf files. I don't have the latter file. The contents of the former file is simply: KEYMAP=uk
