** Description changed: - Using the new ubuntu installer and picking up a non latin keyboard is not possible to finish the installation. The following names: + Using the new ubuntu installer and picking up a non-Latin keyboard is not possible to finish the installation. The following names are not recognised unless a Latin keyboard layout is used: -computer - -user - are not recognized unless latin keyboard is used. + -user. - edit (adding more info): - the new installation process of ubuntu is not new under Mantic Minotaur. It had already started from Lunar Lobster where it had some (serious) issues that in the process were getting better and better. Now that a new version is under way, I fired it up and I noticed the following: - 1) the installation doesn't hung and the display of the first image of the installation process has improved a lot, time-wise - 2) it is still slow overall though, without showing any progress - 3) there is no meaning of choosing a non-english keyboard, since installation cannot be completed this way + Edit (adding more info): + The new installation process of Ubuntu is not new under Mantic Minotaur. It had already started from Lunar Lobster where it had some (serious) issues that in the process were getting better and better. Now that a new version is under way, I fired it up and noticed the following: + 1) The installation doesn't hung and the display of the first image of the installation process has improved a lot, time-wise + 2) It's still slow overall though, without showing any progress + 3) There's no meaning of choosing a non-Latin keyboard layout, since installation cannot be completed this way. - the last one is directly related to this bug report: during installation - one has the option to choose one's keyboard. I can do so by typing only - a couple of characters and greek keyboard is readily recognized. I - follow the slideshow with the available options until the credentials of - the new installation are required. Typing any name as my name, using - different keyboards chosen at the beginning of the installation (either - greek or english), that process is working fine. The problem arises when - the computer name and user name is required: it doesn't pick up non- - english characters. Maybe in general non-latin ones. + The last one is directly related to this bug report: during installation + one has the option to choose keyboard layout. I can do so by typing just + a couple of characters and my Greek keyboard layout is readily + recognised. I followed the installation process with the available + options until the credentials of the new installation are required. + Typing any name (such as my name), using any keyboard layout (either + Greek or English) at the beginning of the installation, works fine. The + problem arises when the installer asks for computer name user-name: it + doesn't support non-Latin characters. - In old ubuntu versions (e.g. 10.10) the user has the ability to switch - keyboards by tapping Alt+Shift during the installation process. This is - not the case now. I tried also Super+space to no avail. + In old Ubuntu versions (e.g. 10.10), the user had the ability to switch + between keyboard layouts by pressing Alt+Shift during the installation + process. This isn't the case right now. I've even tried Super+space to + no avail. + + Another edit (not by the original submitter): Grammar fixes, capital + letters, and an attempt to make this bug report clearer, as this bug is + really significant and has to be fixed.
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