Allow the keyboard layout to be selected from the gdm greeter
Registered by
Matt Zimmerman
As of Ubuntu 5.10, the initial keyboard layout used before login is part of the X.org configuration file, and cannot be adjusted by the user until after login. This is problematic because:
The user may not be able to login if the layout is incorrect
The X keyboard layout is currently "guessed" from the console layout chosen in the installer, and this process is known to be imperfect
Different users may require different keyboard layouts
This requires that the keyboard layout be asked for ahead of time on the live CD, which is inconvenient for the user
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Matt Zimmerman
- Priority:
- Essential
- Drafter:
- Daniel Stone
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Sebastien Bacher
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Declined for dapper
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Matt Zimmerman
- Completed by
- Matt Zimmerman
Whiteboard
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Work Items
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
