Public bug reported:
An upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 sets the keyboard layout of the login
screen to QWERTY US.
Users with passwords containing keys that are different in this layout
will not be able to log in.
Example: A QWERTZ DE user with a Z in his password will need to type Y instead
at the login screen. But he does not know that.
Even if one account can login, it seems not possible to switch the login
screens config without manually editing config files.
Changing passwords of the accounts will only help, if users know the login
layout and its differences to the one they get after the login and choose the
keys wisely...
I cannot provide you with files, because the users wanted me to erase
the whole system, install 7.10, recreate their accounts and restore
their home directories from the backups.
This workaround has solved the problem for me, but will not for people
without backups... and I know there are some out there.
Maybe one should file a feature request for a "back me up now!" nag
screen.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Upgrade tool (7.04 to 7.10) sets login keyboard layout to QWERTY US
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158944
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