Bug#331609: X-server is configured to wrong keyboard layout
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Debian Sarge 3.1r0a i386 netinst
uname -a: Linux lhlaptop 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Thu May 19 17:53:30 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2005-10-02
Method: Netinst
Machine: IBM Thinkpad i1300
Processor: Celeron 750MHz
Memory: 64MB
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table:
lhlaptop:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 10.0 GB, 10056130560 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1222 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1178 9462253+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 1179 1222 353430 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1179 1222 353398+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
lhlaptop:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1621 (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV]
0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3)
0000:00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
0000:00:13.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6812 Cardbus Controller (rev 05)
0000:00:14.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev 5d)
0000:06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 (rev 03)
lhlaptop:~# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 10b9:1621 (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 10b9:5247 (rev 01)
0000:00:06.0 0401: 10b9:5451 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 0601: 10b9:1533
0000:00:0a.0 0607: 104c:ac50 (rev 01)
0000:00:10.0 0101: 10b9:5229 (rev c3)
0000:00:11.0 0680: 10b9:7101
0000:00:13.0 0607: 1217:6872 (rev 05)
0000:00:14.0 0c03: 10b9:5237 (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1023:8620 (rev 5d)
0000:06:00.0 0200: 115d:0003 (rev 03)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
I reside in Denmark and have a Danish keyboard, but still I want the installer to speak English to me.
Therfore I specify
- Language: English
- Country: Denmark
- Keymap: Danish
at the very start of the installation. This seems to work fine during the base system installation, but in the base-config after reboot, the X-server is configured to US keyboard!
One can fix it by running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 from a tty, but I guess it is a bug anyway.
I have seen the problem several times before with the same netinst procedure on other machines, so it seems easy to reproduce.
Lars Hansen
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