Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: friendly-recovery
The "Recover X" option during recovery mode is an excellent way to fix a
severely broken xorg.conf .
Unfortunately it defaults to the US keyboard map, which is almost
unusable for many other nationalities. For example, # and @ are almost
impossible to discover with a US keyboard map on a UK keyboard. This
prevents many simple tasks such as typing an email address.
Recover X should:
* Attempt to guess the most recent keyboard layout from (the remains of)
xorg.conf
* Prompt the user to confirm this guess or select a national keyboard layout
from a list using the up/down cursor keys and enter key.
This can be worked around, once booted into Gnome, by selecting System -
Preferences - Keyboard, but this is not at all obvious to a typical
user.
"Where is this British hash key?
Left of return? No!
Shift-apostrophe? No!
Shift-3, the mild-mannered currency symbol?
Could be!
Hong Kong hashkey, looks like I recovered X
Hong Kong hashkey, US keyboard map in text
Keyboard map, a British chap, and the symbols all gone wrong
With a quick shift-3, where Sterling should be, there's the hash key all along!"
** Affects: friendly-recovery (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Recover X defaults to US keyboard map
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227818
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