Bug#889079: debian-live: In installed system keyboard almost doesn't work in taskbar if Russian layout is added and Live is used for installing
Package: debian-live
Severity: important
THIS BUG FORCED me to reinstall my system!!!
I got Debian Live Stretch KDE using this link:
https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-9.3.0-amd64-kde+nonfree.iso
MD5 sum starts so: 11c5365e... I downloaded this image very recently (today is 2018-02-01 using my local time).
I installed it to fresh qemu virtual machine. Language: English, location: Russian Federation, locale: en_US.UTF-8. Tasksel DID NOT run. It seems d-i did COPYING of system and
not CREATING new system using debootstrap.
Then I did boot into installed system (Stretch KDE). Then I opened keyboard layout configuration and added Russian layout. Then I configured "Switching Policy" to "Application".
Then I opened "Advanced" tab and configured switching layouts using "Right Alt (while pressed)". Then I did reboot (this virtual machine). Then I opened application launcher,
clicked "Type to search..." and attempted to type something. But most letters didn't appear. I. e. most of my keypresses was ignored. Same happens with everything which comes
from taskbar, for example I cannot type Wi-Fi password in taskbar network manager widget.
This bug report is sent from this virtual machine.
Also I created another virtual machine. I got Debian Installer Stretch DVD (not Live!) using this link:
https://mirror.yandex.ru/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-9.3.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso
MD5 sum starts so: f49c3d1a... I downloaded this image very recently (today is 2018-02-01 using my local time).
I installed it to fresh qemu virtual machine. Language: English, location: Russian Federation, locale: en_US.UTF-8. Tasksel DID run. And I tell tasksel that I want KDE desktop
environment. It seems d-i did CREATING new system using debootstrap and not COPYING.
Then I did boot into installed system (stretch KDE). Then I configured keyboard layout the same as in that Live system. Then I did reboot. And then that keyboard bug didn't
appear, so, it seems that this bug is Live-specific.
Also I installed debian using that live image to my physical computer (laptop Dell Inspiron 15) and got the bug.
I mark this bug as important, because it makes installed system, well, "poisoned". And I don't know to fix such installed system, so I see only way to fix problem: reinstall
the system (using non-Live installer). So, this bug causes your users to reinstall the system.
I would make the following suggestion on how to fix the bug: I recommend ALWAYS perform installing using normal debootstrap. I. e. your Live installer should install system
exactly same way as normal d-i does this. Because today Live installer is not tested well. And who knows how many bugs it has?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
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