Quoting Sebastian Pipping (sebast...@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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