So as to KISS, I've posted the same workaround to both bugs.. That way we do not care which installer an OP used - the command is the same :D
Regards, Phill. On 24 March 2016 at 11:38, Phill. Whiteside <phill...@gmail.com> wrote: > okies, two bugs.. same workaround, > > I'll update release notes and bugs accordingly. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 24 March 2016 at 11:07, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> 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 <nio.wikl...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> 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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