[Bug 1578285] Re: Ubiquity 16.10.1 fails at keyboard setup page

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

This needs a fix in console-setup to handle the fact we're calling it
from ubiquity to setup keyboards early on during the install process.

** Package changed: ubiquity (Ubuntu) => console-setup (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)

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Title:
  Ubiquity 16.10.1 fails at keyboard setup page

Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  I rebuilt ubiquity to pick up console-setup 1.142ubuntu2. This also
  happens with ubiquity straight out of the archive (1.142ubuntu1 of
  console-setup).

  I went through an install, selecting all defaults apart from "Erase &
  Reinstall" instead of "Install alongside" on the partitioning page. I
  got as far as setting up the keyboard - an error dialog appeared after
  I clicked to continue with the defaults (for me this was "English
  (UK)") on the keyboard page. Ubiquity then broke with the attached
  syslog. I think the important part is

    May  4 15:52:57 ubuntu ubiquity[3881]: switched to page console_setup
    May  4 15:52:57 ubuntu ubiquity[3881]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout gb -option  -option lv3:ralt_switch
    May  4 15:52:59 ubuntu ubiquity: Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
    May  4 15:52:59 ubuntu ubiquity: boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
    May  4 15:52:59 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: couldn't identify the package

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: ubiquity 16.10.1+laney1 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] [origin: unknown]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed May  4 16:55:10 2016
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160504)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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