Bug 106139 - Language/keyboard setting to applied in whole installation system
Summary: Language/keyboard setting to applied in whole installation system
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 1
Hardware: i686 SUSE Other
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Marcus Schaefer
QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf
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Reported: 2005-08-22 12:43 UTC by Ulrich Windl
Modified: 2008-06-25 09:52 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Ulrich Windl 2005-08-22 12:43:47 UTC 
When I select "German" as language option in the DVD's boot prompt (before Linux
kernel is loaded), messages appear in the correct language and keyboard seems to
work correctly. But when I "escape" to TTY2 (Ctrl+Alt+F2), the keybaord uses
US-American mapping (i.e. I'll have to type '-' to get a '/', and '-' is on 'ß').
In former releases there wasn't such a problem.
Comment 1 Arvin Schnell 2005-08-22 12:46:48 UTC 
Steffen, I suppose this is a linuxrc problem.
Comment 2 Steffen Winterfeldt 2005-08-23 10:40:08 UTC 
No, it's not. If you go for a manual install, linuxrc sets the 
language on all consoles. But yast does not. 
 
Anyway, I don't think the console language setting really matters.
Comment 3 Marcel Hilzinger 2005-08-23 11:36:52 UTC 
I had a similar problem and asked Ulrich to open a bugreport. This one has to 
be resolved, I guess: 
 
if you first choose englisch for install (just pressing Next in the first 
screen), then want to switch back to german (in the YaST propositions dialog), 
the menue entries are switched to german, but the keyboard remains american 
english (I changed the keyboard, too). 
 
I reopened the bug, because setting the root and the user password is 
affected, if it contains y or z. The upcoming X uses the right keyboard layout 
(german), so you won't be able to login if you choosed a password with y or z.
Comment 4 Steffen Winterfeldt 2005-08-23 11:45:08 UTC 
then assign the bug to yast
Comment 5 Ulrich Windl 2005-08-23 12:12:47 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Anyway, I don't think the console language setting really matters. 

The bug report is about keyboard mapping, which is quite different from "console
language". It's easy to read English, but it's hard to type on a keyboard where
the key labels differ from the charcters being entered to the system.
Comment 6 Arvin Schnell 2005-08-23 12:21:48 UTC 
Please, only one bug per bugzilla entry!

Marcus, it's up to you if you want to fix the initial problem.
Comment 7 Marcus Schaefer 2005-08-23 13:15:06 UTC 
I also don't think the console language setting really matters  
currently the startup scripts only prepare the LANG environment  
but did not call loadkeys to apply for a console
Comment 8 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:32:34 UTC 
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Comment 9 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:34:05 UTC 
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Comment 10 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:40:30 UTC 
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Comment 11 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:52:24 UTC 
Closing old LATER+REMIND bugs as WONTFIX - if you still plan to work on it, feel free to reopen and set to ASSIGNED.

In case the report saw repeated reopen comments, it's due to bugzilla timing out on the huge request ;(