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

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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

#807270 — Bug#855074: RFP: installer -- [SHORT DESCRIPTION]

Package: wnpp
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.  

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.  

Hope my description is sufficient.

Best regards, Rolf

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Control: reassign -1 installation-reports
Control: retitle -1 installation-reports: Debian 7.9 - wrong keymap active in initramfs
Control: tag -1 moreinfo

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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#808458

Hello Ben,

	thank you for your answer, here is my feedback.

Am Montag, den 13.02.2017, 21:45 +0000 schrieb Ben Hutchings:
> Control: reassign -1 installation-reports
> Control: retitle -1 installation-reports: Debian 7.9 - wrong keymap active in initramfs
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> 
> 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.

Ok, understood.

> > 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.

Tried to reproduce on a different PC. Installations with graphical
installer with Wheezy and Jessie DVDs both worked fine, complex keys
were accepted.

Can't easily repeat on the affected PC, AMD M4A89GTD USB3 mainboard.
This mainboard has a PS2 keyboard connector. The keyboard used was a
Cherry USB keyboard with a PS2 adapter. Same problem with a native PS2
Cherry keyboard, switching to the PS2 keyboard did not fix the problem. 

Maybe the issue is dependent on some HW boundary conditions. 

> 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.

Unfortunately not reproducable.

Thank you, Rolf

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