[Bug 1539966] Re: Cannot login 16.04 server keymap wrong

[Max Waterman]

I have this issue (or something similar). I upgraded from LTS (16.04?) to 17.04 and now my log-in screen and console are both UK keyboard layout rather than US layout. I am in the UK, but it seems unlikely that it would choose a layout based on location.
The only options on the login screen for keyboard layout at 'English (US)' and 'Chinese', so I don't know why it is choosing English/UK.
It is a problem because my password contains a '#', which is shift-3 on US-layout and the '\' key when using UK layout with a US keyboard.
Once I log in, then it is US as intended.

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Title:
  Cannot login 16.04 server keymap wrong

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I just download 16.04 server, the 2016-01-11 build and installed it on
  Virtual Box 5.0.14.

  The problem I got was with the keyboard mapping in the password
  setting dialogue. When characters is not mapped correctly login is
  blocked.

  The preferred language was set to English, but I did set the keyboard
  map as Swedish (from list) during installation.

  During installation and in the user password setting dialogue,
  characters are mapped correctly what I can see (enabled with 'show password').

  But at login keyboard is still American English.

  The character I have in the password is '*', which gives '\' with the
  Swedish key marked '*'.

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