Specification updated. I've gone for option 2, because asking for the
security key long after choosing encryption would seem out of context.
The loss of speed is a worthwhile tradeoff to avoid this confusion.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Triaged
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)
** Description changed:
+ Ubuntu 12.10
+
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.
+ 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.
+ 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)
+ <http://goo.gl/PSaUz>: "Whenever “Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation
+ for security” is checked, the caption “You’ll choose a security key in
+ just a moment.” should be sensitive. If you then choose “Continue”, the
+ “Keyboard layout” step should be next, instead of its usual order, so
+ that typing the security key works as expected, and should then be
+ followed by “Choose a security key”."
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