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  • Re: Processed: Re: Bug#1089010: debian-installer: armhf cdrom initrd.gz

    From Franz Gratzer@21:1/5 to Debian Bug Tracking System on Fri Dec 6 09:20:01 2024
    On Thu, 2024-12-05 at 16:48 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
    Processing control commands:

    tags -1 patch
    Bug #1089010 [debian-installer] debian-installer: armhf cdrom
    initrd.gz does not set the selected keyboard layout
    Added tag(s) patch.

    Sorry if I am wrong, but yesterday I installed Debian testing from the
    GNOME live image and couldn't decrypt via LUKS afterwards because the keymapping was probably in English despite me using the German keyboard
    layout when I installed it.

    Unfortunately, I used an "=" in my pass phrase and the key I need to
    press on the keyboard to register this char on the English keyboard
    layout didn't register when I needed to type it in while it worked as
    intended when I tested it in the grub edit screen.

    So I don't know what is going on there but at the LUKS pass phrase
    prompt the keyboard seems to not even use the English layout. Or it
    might even be a different layout. I can't tell because it only displays
    stars.

    My installation is somewhat uncommon too because I went for en_GB
    locale with German (Austria) keyboard layout.

    I'm not yet sure how I could resolve this. Due to the encryption on a
    500 GB HDD it takes hours to install and if I want to use the system I
    would like to set it up with the best encryption I could make.

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  • From Pascal Hambourg@21:1/5 to Franz Gratzer on Fri Dec 6 10:30:01 2024
    On 06/12/2024 at 09:05, Franz Gratzer wrote:

    Sorry if I am wrong, but yesterday I installed Debian testing from the
    GNOME live image and couldn't decrypt via LUKS afterwards because the keymapping was probably in English despite me using the German keyboard layout when I installed it.

    There are no live images for armhf or arm64, so it cannot be related
    with the bug report you are replying to.

    Unfortunately, I used an "=" in my pass phrase and the key I need to
    press on the keyboard to register this char on the English keyboard
    layout didn't register when I needed to type it in while it worked as intended when I tested it in the grub edit screen.

    So I don't know what is going on there but at the LUKS pass phrase
    prompt the keyboard seems to not even use the English layout. Or it
    might even be a different layout. I can't tell because it only displays stars.

    At the GRUB menu, you can press "e" to edit the linux kernel command
    line and add the "break" parameter before booting. This will launch the initramfs shell so that you can check the keyboard layout and try to
    open the LUKS volume manually with cryptsetup.

    I'm not yet sure how I could resolve this. Due to the encryption on a
    500 GB HDD it takes hours to install and if I want to use the system I
    would like to set it up with the best encryption I could make.

    If you reinstall over an unused encrypted installation you do not need
    to erase the disk again.

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