Public bug reported: On the Ubuntu for Raspberry Pi images, users can select a different keyboard layout in gnome-initial-setup, and it will work for the duration of the application's run. However, on the desktop afterwards (and the login screen, and lock screen) the keyboard layout is back to English (US).
This is a particular issue if the user, when creating their password in gnome-initial-setup, has used keys that either move to a different location in English (US) (which is awkward, but still useable), or keys that simply don't exist in English (US) (which then makes subsequent logins impossible). To reproduce: 1. Flash https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/questing/release/ubuntu-25.10-preinstalled- desktop-arm64+raspi.img.xz to a spare SD card (>=16GB) 2. Boot on a Pi (preferably a 5) 3. When gnome-initial-setup starts, enter "English" at the prompt, click the three dots to extend the selection, and pick "English (United Kingdom)", then Next 4. At the next page, select "English (UK)" layout for the keyboard, then Next 5. Continue through the setup until the user creation screen. At the next screen enter a password containing a double-quote (") character, e.g. rasp"berry, using Shift+2 on the keyboard (which is the position of this character on UK keyboards) 6. Finish the setup and reboot the machine 7. At the gdm login prompt attempt to use Shift+2 to enter the quotation character(s) and note that login fails. Use the US position of the key instead (shift+') 8. At the desktop, start a terminal and note that the key layout is still US (Shift+2 gives @) ** Affects: gnome-initial-setup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-initial-setup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2127782 Title: Keyboard settings don't persist Status in gnome-initial-setup package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On the Ubuntu for Raspberry Pi images, users can select a different keyboard layout in gnome-initial-setup, and it will work for the duration of the application's run. However, on the desktop afterwards (and the login screen, and lock screen) the keyboard layout is back to English (US). This is a particular issue if the user, when creating their password in gnome-initial-setup, has used keys that either move to a different location in English (US) (which is awkward, but still useable), or keys that simply don't exist in English (US) (which then makes subsequent logins impossible). To reproduce: 1. Flash https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/questing/release/ubuntu-25.10-preinstalled- desktop-arm64+raspi.img.xz to a spare SD card (>=16GB) 2. Boot on a Pi (preferably a 5) 3. When gnome-initial-setup starts, enter "English" at the prompt, click the three dots to extend the selection, and pick "English (United Kingdom)", then Next 4. At the next page, select "English (UK)" layout for the keyboard, then Next 5. Continue through the setup until the user creation screen. At the next screen enter a password containing a double-quote (") character, e.g. rasp"berry, using Shift+2 on the keyboard (which is the position of this character on UK keyboards) 6. Finish the setup and reboot the machine 7. At the gdm login prompt attempt to use Shift+2 to enter the quotation character(s) and note that login fails. Use the US position of the key instead (shift+') 8. At the desktop, start a terminal and note that the key layout is still US (Shift+2 gives @) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-initial-setup/+bug/2127782/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
