[Bug 1942774] Re: No fallback English layout on account creation screen during installation. Ubuntu installer won't accept non-Latin characters

[Omer I.S.]

** Changed in: ubuntu-desktop-provision
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  No fallback English layout on account creation screen during
  installation. Ubuntu installer won't accept non-Latin characters

Status in subiquity:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-desktop-installer:
  Won't Fix
Status in ubuntu-desktop-provision:
  Confirmed
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Update: still reproducible in Resolute Racoon daily. (Edited by
  someone else than the original bug reporter)

  Steps to reproduce:
  1) Choose any non-Latin keyboard layout (recommended; Russian, Arabic)
  2) Proceed with installation. Arrive to the account set-up screen
  3) Type in your name in the non-Latin layout
      - The "Your username" field is not filled automatically
  5) Try typing a username you wish to use
      - It cannot recognise the characters and won't let you continue.
      - It will thus complain that usernames should begin with lower-case letters

  No matter if the letters are lower or upper case, it simply cannot
  recognize them.

  The user cannot finish installation using the non-Latin layout. The
  user is forced to manually add English or a similar layout that has
  Latin characters.

  A good solution could be adding a fallback English (US) layout to
  every non-Latin keyboard layout, or even better, letting the user to
  choose an additional keyboard layout himself and a keyboard shortcut
  to switch between the two keyboard layouts.

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