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Bug#855074: RFP: installer -- [SHORT DESCRIPTION]

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On Mon, 2017-02-13 at 21:58 +0100, Rolf Heinrichs wrote:
> Package: wnpp

This is a bug category for planning new Debian packages or transferring
maintainership of package, not for bugs in existing packages.

In future, try to work out which package the bug is in, or use
'installation-reports' for bugs that appear on installation.

> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> 
> --- Please fill out the fields below. ---
> 
>    Package name: installer
>         Version: Wheezy
> Upstream Author: [NAME <name@example.com>]
>             URL: [http://example.com]
>         License: [GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT/X, etc.]
>     Description: [DESCRIPTION]
> 
> 
> Wheezy amd64 7.9.0 DVD, setup with graphical installer, using Germany as
> country, a German keyboard and setup of an encrypted drive: after boot
> the complex key for decrypting the drive is not accepted by the
> initramfs. The key contains special characters like capital letters and
> characters like ~{[| that require a key combination with ALT GR on the
> German keyboard. 
> 
> Also in the maintenance console, you cannot enter caps or special
> characters.  

This sounds similar to <https://bugs.debian.org/689851>, which affects
use with console-tools.

In the rescue shell, please check whether these files exist:
- /bin/loadkeys
- /etc/boottime.kmap.gz

Also please try using the installer's rescue mode to start a shell in
the installed system, and report the output of these commands:
- grep KEYMAP= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
- dpkg-query -W console-tools
- dpkg-query -W kbd

> Crosscheck was done with graphical installer and a simple key that did
> not require caps or ALT GR: key is accepted. The complex key worked fine
> when using the default CLI installer.
> 
> Looks like the graphical installer does not set the correct keymap.  

There is only one installer, with these two different interface modes. 
So it's hard to imagine why the behaviour of the installed system would
 differ.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
For every complex problem
there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

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Bug#855074: RFP: installer -- [SHORT DESCRIPTION] Rolf Heinrichs <rolf.o1.heinrichs@gmx.net> - 2017-02-13 22:10 +0100
  Bug#855074: RFP: installer -- [SHORT DESCRIPTION] Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-02-13 22:50 +0100
    Bug#855074: RFP: installer -- [SHORT DESCRIPTION] Rolf Heinrichs <rolf.o1.heinrichs@gmx.net> - 2017-02-19 17:40 +0100

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