Bug#692458: debian installer hangs when entering user name in non-latin languages

[Praveen A <pravi.a@gmail.com>]

2012/11/7 Christian PERRIER <bubulle@debian.org>:
> Quoting Samuel Thibault (sthibault@debian.org):
>> Praveen A, le Tue 06 Nov 2012 18:22:31 +0530, a écrit :
>> > debian installer should check if user name is in latin and if not
>> > should prompt user to select a latin name.
>> >
>> > To test, chose a non latin language for installation and enter user
>> > name in non-latin language.
>>
>> In my tests, d-i happens to detect "é" as invalid, but perhaps it's
>> simply because its utf-8 coding (é) contains an uppercase character.
>> Praveen, which non-latin character did you type?
>
> I suspect Pravi is entering a name with Indic characters, such as his
> own name.
>

yes, I used my own name "പ്രവീണ്‍" (as seen in my signature).

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