Public bug reported:
When installing my system, I selected to encrypt access to my system.
This prompted me to enter a password.
I entered a password with a # symbol in it, however due to using an
english keyboard, this would not have been correctly recorded as a #,
but as a ' instead - leading it to refuse my password when booting.
I tested this both connected to and not connected to the internet.
It seems that at the point of entering the password during the
installer, the keyboard layout was set to en_US.
Therefore, when booting and having the locale as en_GB - it didn't
correctly work.
I tried this with the @ symbol, which when entered was accepted on boot
by hitting shift+2 (american combination)
I also tried this by entering a password with a £ sign (shift 3 on UK
keyboard - which would be a # on a US keyboard)
When entering password on boot, entering the password with the # key
rather than the £ key worked.
In summary - when entering password for encrypting system, keyboard is
set as a US keyboard layout, which differs from that when booting to
enter the password if it is changed in a later step.
Proposed solution: Move the keyboard selection / Locale Setup before any
input boxes. (espescially those where you can't see the contents of
them!)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 7 14:40:18 2012
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true
file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet
splash -- maybe-ubiquity
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity ubiquity-2.11.30
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System Encryption Password set before setting keyboard locale
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