[Bug 1617710] [NEW] no way to configure keyboard using Chromebook mapping

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Public bug reported:

/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/inet includes the key mapping tweaks required
by Chromebook keyboards.  I can confirm that they are correct by
appending them to the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc file and restarting.
But I can find no way to choose "Chromebook" as my keyboard type or
layout.  I looked through all of the options provided by `sudo dpkg-
reconfigure keyboard-configuration` and the Text Entry System Settings.

Ubuntu 16.04 has come a very long way in supporting Chromebooks out of
box, and Ubuntu is even easy to install on these machines. There are
just a couple details like this and it'll be a seamless out-of-box
experience!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: keyboard-configuration 1.108ubuntu15.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-generic 4.4.15
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Aug 28 10:17:07 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-27 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: console-setup
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial

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Title:
  no way to configure keyboard using Chromebook mapping

Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/inet includes the key mapping tweaks
  required by Chromebook keyboards.  I can confirm that they are correct
  by appending them to the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc file and
  restarting.  But I can find no way to choose "Chromebook" as my
  keyboard type or layout.  I looked through all of the options provided
  by `sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration` and the Text Entry
  System Settings.

  Ubuntu 16.04 has come a very long way in supporting Chromebooks out of
  box, and Ubuntu is even easy to install on these machines. There are
  just a couple details like this and it'll be a seamless out-of-box
  experience!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: keyboard-configuration 1.108ubuntu15.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-generic 4.4.15
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Aug 28 10:17:07 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-27 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: console-setup
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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