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Bug#669935: Debian Installer does apply keymap used during installation to resulting initramfs



Quoting Sebastian Pipping (sebastian@pipping.org):
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: 20120327+b1
> 
> I have been installing Debian testing/wheezy from a recent snapshot
> netinst with a German keyboard layout selected.  As I chose dm-crypt
> during disk partitioning I have been entering a password with a German
> keyboard layout during installation.
> 
> On reboot cryptsetup asks for a password with a US keyboard layout,
> rather than German.  There is no hint about that and there seems to be
> no way to select a different layout without entering the password under
> a foreign/US keyboard layout first.
> 
> I would expect that the installer makes sure that the keyboard layout of
> the initramfs is the same as the one used during installation or that at
> least I have the option to make that happen.  Currently, nothing tells
> the user that the layout is no longer German on reboot and there is no
> easy way of switching the layout without passing that very password gate
> first.  Please consider solving this problem.  Thanks!
> 
> 
> PS: In case that's relevant: I deselected the installation of desktop
> environment and basic system utilities during the installation process.
> 
> 

I'm not sure this is the installer's job.

Having the right keymap in the initramfs should be the job of the
utility that creates the initramfs, based on console keymap
settings. I don't think the installer can (and should) really do
something here. The problem is the same is users setup their console
keymap to be something else than US *after the system installation*.



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