** Description changed: - After upgrading to Precise, X locale is defaulted to en_US regardless of - system-wide and user specific options. + After upgrading Kubuntu Oneiric to Precise, X locale is defaulted to + en_US regardless of system-wide and user-specific options. I found out about this issue when I tried to login via the KDM greeter and it was not recognizing my password. I got pam authentication failures in the auth.log, but authorizations files were just fine. In fact, I could login from the console and within KDE itself. When I tried - typing on the KDM username box, I found out that special characters were - not corresponding to my it_IT layout. My password was including the + typing into the KDM username box, I found out that special characters + were not corresponding to my it_IT layout. My password was including the special character @ that was typed as ; thus not accepting my password. I worked this around by changing password to not include any special character. I installed LightDM and the problem persisted, so I thought about an evdev bug. I posted this issue on the Kubuntu Forums at first, where you can find more information and logs [ http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?58623-Can-t-login-via-KDM- after-upgrading-to-Precise ]. Recently, German users were experiencing the same problem [ http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/kein-login-in-kdm-nach-upgrade/ ] where I found out that the only thing in common is a wireless keyboard. I bought a Logitech K800 (which uses a Unifying Receiver) when I was - running Oneiric, making this the first time I upgraded my distribution - with a wireless keyboard. If that happens to be the problem, It could - mean that my keyboard locale was not recognized during the upgrade - process. + running Oneiric, making this the first time I upgraded a distribution + while a wireless keyboard is connected. If that happens to be the + problem, it could mean that my keyboard locale was not recognized during + the upgrade process. I'm attaching some configuration files and logs, please tell me if you need more information. $ lsb_release -a LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg xserver-xorg: - Installato: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 - Candidato: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 - Tabella versione: - *** 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 0 - 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installato: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 + Candidato: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 + Tabella versione: + *** 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-evdev: - Installato: 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 - Candidato: 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 - Tabella versione: - *** 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 0 - 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installato: 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 + Candidato: 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 + Tabella versione: + *** 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy locales locales: - Installato: 2.13+git20120306-3 - Candidato: 2.13+git20120306-3 - Tabella versione: - *** 2.13+git20120306-3 0 - 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installato: 2.13+git20120306-3 + Candidato: 2.13+git20120306-3 + Tabella versione: + *** 2.13+git20120306-3 0 + 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy console-data console-data: - Installato: (nessuno) - Candidato: 2:1.12-1 - Tabella versione: - 2:1.12-1 0 - 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages + Installato: (nessuno) + Candidato: 2:1.12-1 + Tabella versione: + 2:1.12-1 0 + 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages $ apt-cache policy kdm kdm: - Installato: 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2 - Candidato: 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2 - Tabella versione: - *** 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2 0 - 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4 0 - 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages + Installato: 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2 + Candidato: 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2 + Tabella versione: + *** 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2 0 + 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4 0 + 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
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