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

[Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>]

Praveen A, le Fri 09 Nov 2012 18:14:20 +0530, a écrit :
> 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).

Ok.  I unfortunately could not reproduce the issue.

Just to make sure we are doing the same thing:

- I'm booting debian-wheezy-DI-b3-amd64-DVD-1.iso or
  debian-wheezy-DI-b3-amd64-netinst.iso with 1G memory with
  the graphical installer boot entry.
- At the language question, I choose Malayalam.
- At the warning about translation, I choose to continue
- From there, I'm choosing all the default answers, until:
- As root passwd, I type just b
- As user name, I switch to Malayalam using alt-shift, then type on keys
hdjbrCd] (naming keys through the qwerty layout), it seems to be
printing the same as above.
- As user login, I do the same

then I'm getting the error message about login having to be just
letters, without any hang.

You didn't specify which image you were using exactly, could you tell
us?

Samuel