Public bug reported:
Setting up Lubuntu 19.04 during install, I choose an alternate UK layout
that is not QWERTY (in this case Colemak UK). Encrypting the volume I
enter a password. I cannot see the password entered as it is all
asterixed out. I also enter a user account password.
After install in boot, the password does not work, for unencrypting the
volume. I am not told it does not work either - I simply am directed to
a terminal like grub command screen.
What seems to happen is at the de-encrypt passphrase screen, the
keyboard layout is in QWERTY (without indicating). So if i type the
password I typed during install (in the colemak layout), but now at
boot, it won't de-encrypt. at boot, if i type the password in the QWERTY
layout, the drive unencrypts and allows me to go through to the user
log-in page, where the layout is back to Colemak.
Similar issues with Ubuntu mate 18.10 (seems have been totally corrected
in Mate 19.04 - though upon reinstall of mate 19.04 I am having similar
issues). There during set up: the password that was typed, during set-
up, even though i selected a colemak keyboard, the password would be
typed in QWERTY (and there was no way of knowing this because there was
no option to see the password). Then at boot, the keyboard layout would
be colemak, even for the de-encrypt screen (so a little different to the
Lubuntu 19.04 issue).
These issues can be resolved by:
1. being able to see the password typed during set-up.
2. throughout set-up, being able to see the keyboard layout selected.
3. being able to see the keyboard layout selected during boot, being able to
change it if required, and possibly being able to see the password typed during
unencryption and log-in.
4. If the password entered fails, being told that, instead of being directed to
a GRUB terminal screen.
many thanks
** Affects: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
keyboard layout different changes during installation set-up and boot
for de-encrypting unencrypting hard drive
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