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

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

2012/11/10 Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>:
> 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?

I was using debian-wheezy-DI-b3-amd64-CD-1.iso image

> Samuel



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