okies, two bugs.. same workaround, I'll update release notes and bugs accordingly.
Regards, Phill. On 24 March 2016 at 11:07, Nio Wiklund <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Phill, > > You have taught me something now. It works! > > I happened to have a xenial mini system (text only), where I had attempted > to get Swedish. It was only partly successful. For example the header line > is in Swedish, but the keyboard is, well, was :-) in US English. > > I could make it Swedish with the command > > sudo loadkeys se > > but it did not survive reboots. > > Your method with > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration > > (and using the text-based menus) changed the current keyboard, and it > survives reboots :-) > > I checked and the values are stored in the file > > /etc/default/keyboard > > -o- > > Finally, remember that it also works to use Lubuntu's menu option to > install a language. > > 1. In the live session before starting the installer (ubiquity) > > 2. In the installed system after reboot > > But not while the installer (ubiquity) is running. > > Best regards > Nio > > Den 2016-03-23 kl. 21:13, skrev Phill. Whiteside: > >> Hi, >> >> using the server iso I followed an answer on askubuntu >> >> up vote3down voteaccepted >> >> >> using |sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration| will change your >> keyboardlayout just for this session. >> >> go for |sudo nano /etc/default/keyboard| there you can change your >> keyboard settings. >> >> Find the line : >> >> |XKBLAYOUT="xx" | >> >> You can change |layout| and |kboptions| as well as your |model| and the >> |kbvariant|. >> >> >> This works and persists after a reboot >> >> Nio, can you give it a try with Swedish. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Phill. >> >> >> On 23 March 2016 at 09:01, Nio Wiklund <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi Phill, >> >> I found a workaround for bug #1549529: >> >> If you install Swedish language in the live session *before* >> starting the installer, it works to get Swedish keyboard in the >> installed system. >> >> Maybe you should include it in the release notes. (I think it >> applies to several minor languages, not only Swedish.) >> >> Best regards >> Nio >> >> >> Den 2016-02-25 kl. 00:53, skrev Nio Wiklund: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have reported a new bug about failure to install a >> non-US-English >> keyboard. See this link >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1549529 >> >> ----- >> The keyboard is still installed as US-English even if Swedish is >> selected during the installation >> >> This bug is reported from a system installed from Lubuntu Xenial >> alternate i386, but the corresponding desktop version is also >> affected. >> It is a rather new bug, that seems to have appeared at about the >> same >> time as the big problems with starting Ubiquity. >> >> Selecting another language in the installer looks the same in the >> alternate installer. But it looks different in the desktop >> installer. >> The locale is not pre-selected, you click on the world map, and >> you are >> asked if the selected keyboard is correct. The following window >> with >> alternative keyboards is empty. But that would be OK, if the >> installer >> would do, what it promises. >> >> After installation a lot of text is in the selected language, >> Swedish in >> my case, for example the pulldown menus in lxterminal. But when >> I type, >> the US English keyboard is still there. I have to run >> >> setxkbmap se >> ----- >> >> Please install Lubuntu Xenial beta1 and try another language. >> Click >> 'affects me too' if you have a similar problem with some other >> non-English language. >> >> Best regards >> Nio >> >> >> >> >
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