** Description changed:

  After upgrading Kubuntu Oneiric to Precise, X locale is defaulted to
  en_US regardless of system-wide and user-specific options.
  
  I found out about this issue when I tried to login via the KDM greeter
  and it was not recognizing my password. I got pam authentication
  failures in the auth.log, but authorizations files were just fine. In
  fact, I could login from the console and within KDE itself. When I tried
  typing into the KDM username box, I found out that special characters
  were not corresponding to my it_IT layout. My password was including the
  special character @ that was typed as ; thus not accepting my password.
  I worked this around by changing password to not include any special
  character.
  
  I installed LightDM and the problem persisted, so I thought about an
- evdev bug.
+ evdev bug. My keyboard layout is the right one everywhere but on login
+ screens.
  
  I posted this issue on the Kubuntu Forums at first, where you can find
  more information and logs [
  http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?58623-Can-t-login-via-KDM-
  after-upgrading-to-Precise ].
  
  Recently, German users were experiencing the same problem [
  http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/kein-login-in-kdm-nach-upgrade/ ]
  where I found out that the only thing in common is a wireless keyboard.
  
  I bought a Logitech K800 (which uses a Unifying Receiver) when I was
  running Oneiric, making this the first time I upgraded a distribution
  while a wireless keyboard is connected. If that happens to be the
  problem, it could mean that my keyboard locale was not recognized during
  the upgrade process.
  
  I'm attaching some configuration files and logs, please tell me if you
  need more information.
  
  $ lsb_release -a
  LSB Version:    
core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  Release:        12.04
  Codename:       precise
  
  $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
  xserver-xorg:
    Installato: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
    Candidato:  1:7.6+12ubuntu1
    Tabella versione:
   *** 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-evdev
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev:
    Installato: 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
    Candidato:  1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
    Tabella versione:
   *** 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  $ apt-cache policy locales
  locales:
    Installato: 2.13+git20120306-3
    Candidato:  2.13+git20120306-3
    Tabella versione:
   *** 2.13+git20120306-3 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  $ apt-cache policy console-data
  console-data:
    Installato: (nessuno)
    Candidato:  2:1.12-1
    Tabella versione:
       2:1.12-1 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 
Packages
  
  $ apt-cache policy kdm
  kdm:
    Installato: 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2
    Candidato:  4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2
    Tabella versione:
   *** 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2 0
          500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main 
i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

** Tags added: azerty qwerty qwertz

** Description changed:

  After upgrading Kubuntu Oneiric to Precise, X locale is defaulted to
  en_US regardless of system-wide and user-specific options.
  
  I found out about this issue when I tried to login via the KDM greeter
  and it was not recognizing my password. I got pam authentication
  failures in the auth.log, but authorizations files were just fine. In
  fact, I could login from the console and within KDE itself. When I tried
  typing into the KDM username box, I found out that special characters
  were not corresponding to my it_IT layout. My password was including the
  special character @ that was typed as ; thus not accepting my password.
  I worked this around by changing password to not include any special
  character.
  
  I installed LightDM and the problem persisted, so I thought about an
- evdev bug. My keyboard layout is the right one everywhere but on login
- screens.
+ evdev bug.
  
  I posted this issue on the Kubuntu Forums at first, where you can find
  more information and logs [
  http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?58623-Can-t-login-via-KDM-
  after-upgrading-to-Precise ].
  
  Recently, German users were experiencing the same problem [
  http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/kein-login-in-kdm-nach-upgrade/ ]
  where I found out that the only thing in common is a wireless keyboard.
  
  I bought a Logitech K800 (which uses a Unifying Receiver) when I was
  running Oneiric, making this the first time I upgraded a distribution
  while a wireless keyboard is connected. If that happens to be the
  problem, it could mean that my keyboard locale was not recognized during
  the upgrade process.
  
  I'm attaching some configuration files and logs, please tell me if you
  need more information.
  
  $ lsb_release -a
  LSB Version:    
core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  Release:        12.04
  Codename:       precise
+ 
+ $ uname -a
+ Linux melchior 3.2.0-24-generic-pae #38-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 1 16:40:26 UTC 
2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
  
  $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
  xserver-xorg:
    Installato: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
    Candidato:  1:7.6+12ubuntu1
    Tabella versione:
   *** 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-evdev
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev:
    Installato: 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
    Candidato:  1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
    Tabella versione:
   *** 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  $ apt-cache policy locales
  locales:
    Installato: 2.13+git20120306-3
    Candidato:  2.13+git20120306-3
    Tabella versione:
   *** 2.13+git20120306-3 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  $ apt-cache policy console-data
  console-data:
    Installato: (nessuno)
    Candidato:  2:1.12-1
    Tabella versione:
       2:1.12-1 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 
Packages
  
  $ apt-cache policy kdm
  kdm:
    Installato: 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2
    Candidato:  4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2
    Tabella versione:
   *** 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2 0
          500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main 
i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

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