[Bug 1919356] [NEW] Unable to type partition unlock password with standardized french bépo layout

[Anisse Astier]

Public bug reported:

When the selected keymap is fr-bepo_afnor (XKBLAYOUT="fr"
XKBVARIANT="bepo_afnor", selectable in settings or in the installer),
the password prompt to unlock the partitions on boot will be in QWERTY,
which you might only guess after a lot of trial and error.

I don't know how keymaps work in Ubuntu, but this might be because of
this bug in ckbcomp, that generates invalid linux keymaps, which makes
them fail to load:

https://bugs.debian.org/984427

The debian bug (which I reported) has an attached patch for ckbcomp to
make it generate a valid keymap instead.

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

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Title:
  Unable to type partition unlock password with standardized french bépo
  layout

Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When the selected keymap is fr-bepo_afnor (XKBLAYOUT="fr"
  XKBVARIANT="bepo_afnor", selectable in settings or in the installer),
  the password prompt to unlock the partitions on boot will be in
  QWERTY, which you might only guess after a lot of trial and error.

  I don't know how keymaps work in Ubuntu, but this might be because of
  this bug in ckbcomp, that generates invalid linux keymaps, which makes
  them fail to load:

  https://bugs.debian.org/984427

  The debian bug (which I reported) has an attached patch for ckbcomp to
  make it generate a valid keymap instead.

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