Bug 1568119

Summary:	Installation language not autodetected
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Alessio <alciregi>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	28	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, awilliam, jonathan, kellin, mboddu, mkolman, rvykydal, vanmeeuwen+fedora, v.podzimek+fedora, vponcova, wwoods
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Whiteboard:	AcceptedFreezeException
Fixed In Version:	anaconda-28.22.8-1 anaconda-28.22.8-1.fc28	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Description Alessio 2018-04-16 19:10:42 UTC

Description of problem:

In workstation live or netinst, when the installer start, the default language is English.
In previous versions of Fedora (at least F27) the local language was detected and proposed as default.
I don't know how it is detected (maybe via some IP geolocation service?), in F28 the default proposed language is always English.
Is this by design?


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora 28 Branched 20180415.n.0
anaconda-28.22.7-1.fc28.x86_64


How reproducible:

"Install to hard drive" in Fedora Workstation Live. Or start a netinst iso.


Actual results:

English is always proposed as the installation language.


Expected results:

In previous versions of Fedora (tested F27) my local language is in some way autodetected and proposed for use during the installation process.

Comment 1 Alessio 2018-04-16 20:01:05 UTC

As far as I can understand, https://geoip.fedoraproject.org is contacted to get geolocation info.
Going to such URL using Firefox from the Live image, the country where I am is correctly reported.

Comment 2 Alessio 2018-04-16 20:04:49 UTC

Well, in fact, in the installation summary page, TIME & DATE is correctly set to my timezone.

Comment 3 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2018-04-17 12:18:10 UTC

Proposed as a Freeze Exception for 28-final by Fedora user m4rtink using the blocker tracking app because:

 Geolocation can be very useful and users expect it to work. The fix should also be very simple.

Comment 4 Radek Vykydal 2018-04-17 14:15:51 UTC

https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/1442

Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2018-04-17 21:42:11 UTC

The fix doesn't look *that* simple...I'm still +1 FE to this, but it'd be nice to have the build soon so we can possibly notice if anything unexpected happens in corner cases.

Comment 6 Patrick Uiterwijk 2018-04-17 22:23:56 UTC

+1 FE.

Comment 7 Mohan Boddu 2018-04-17 22:27:15 UTC

+1 FE

Comment 8 Adam Williamson 2018-04-17 22:48:49 UTC

That's +3 FE, setting accepted.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2018-04-19 16:12:18 UTC

anaconda-28.22.8-1.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-7c1909bd31

Comment 10 Adam Williamson 2018-04-19 20:27:46 UTC

Tested an ISO built with that version of anaconda , confirmed that locale autodetection seems to work again (it picks English (Canada) for me now, like it used to).

Comment 11 Alessio 2018-04-19 22:36:45 UTC

(In reply to Adam Williamson from comment #10)
> Tested an ISO built with that version of anaconda , confirmed that locale
> autodetection seems to work again (it picks English (Canada) for me now,
> like it used to).

Yes, I can confirm that. It picks Italian language for me.

Comment 12 Alessio 2018-04-19 22:47:21 UTC

(In reply to Alessio from comment #11)
> (In reply to Adam Williamson from comment #10)
> > Tested an ISO built with that version of anaconda , confirmed that locale
> > autodetection seems to work again (it picks English (Canada) for me now,
> > like it used to).
> 
> Yes, I can confirm that. It picks Italian language for me.

However. Moving forward with the installation process, I'm asked to set the root password and to create a user and it should not supposed to be (avoid redundancy). Maybe I've built the Live ISO in the wrong way. Adam: what about you?

Comment 13 Adam Williamson 2018-04-19 22:56:07 UTC

I tested with a non-live ISO. Those things are only supposed to be disabled on *Workstation* live images, note...

Comment 14 Alessio 2018-04-19 23:00:05 UTC

(In reply to Adam Williamson from comment #13)
> I tested with a non-live ISO. Those things are only supposed to be disabled
> on *Workstation* live images, note...

Yes, I created a Workstation live image.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2018-04-20 01:49:47 UTC

anaconda-28.22.8-1.fc28, initial-setup-0.3.58-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-7c1909bd31

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2018-04-20 17:15:48 UTC

anaconda-28.22.8-1.fc28, initial-setup-0.3.58-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.