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Installer WebUI Critical Error: org.fedoraproject.Anaconda.KeyboardConfigurationError: The live system has layout 'typing-booster' which can't be used for installation. Please attach the log file /tmp/journal.log to the issue. ---[ System & Environment Information ]--- OS: Fedora Linux 43 (Workstation Edition Prerelease) Anaconda version: 43.41 Anaconda UI version: 52 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Select an IME for example ibus-typing-booster from input sources before initiating anaconda installer 2. 3.
Can confirm this. It also happens if you run the installer, click "Change system keyboard layout", then add an input method. Proposing as a Final blocker as a conditional violation of "The installer must be able to complete an installation to a single disk using automatic partitioning" in the case you're using the Workstation live installer and you configure an input method before launching the installer, or from the link on the installer's Welcome page. For context, installs with non-US keyboard layout have always been tricky on live installs, but I don't think we've ever released in a state where configuring an input method via the desktop caused the installer to *refuse to proceed* before.
I am not sure I understand the problem correctly. 1. In my Workstation Live, I cannot see a "typing-booster", but I think this has something to do with some non-latin Asian alphabets, so when I select "Chinese (smart pynyin)" I cannot proceed with installation with the described error. However, I am not sure if the system could be installed with just this one way to enter characters. Everything would be affected, passwerds, login names. 2. With latin input sources, I cannot install with two input selected, I always must choose one. Is this a blocking feature? 3. When I select one latin input source in the system and then start WebUI, everything works as expected. I assume that what is a problem here is that I cannot select more than one inputs?
(In reply to Manish Tiwari from comment #0) > Installer WebUI Critical Error: > org.fedoraproject.Anaconda.KeyboardConfigurationError: The live system has > layout 'typing-booster' which can't be used for installation. > > Please attach the log file /tmp/journal.log to the issue. Also, I don't see any attachment here. Can you please add it? [...]
AGREED RejectedFinalBlocker Discussed at the 2025-10-13 (blocker / freeze exception) review meeting: The typing booster doesn't seem necessary to complete an installation, users can pick a different keyboard layout. If this is not the case, please propose again. https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org//blocker-review_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-13/f43-blocker-review.2025-10-13-16.00.txt
Lukas: yes, more or less. This is a similar case to the 'switched layout' case where Russian, Ukrainian etc. users need two xkb layouts configured, one for native characters, one for ASCII characters. CJK users generally configure a keyboard layout for inputting ASCII, and an input method for inputting native characters. A contributing issue here is that, on Workstation live, anaconda literally tells you to 'configure the system layout' or something like that, which link launches the GNOME control center. If you put a link like that in front of someone who uses a switched layout or an input method, they will quite likely set things up the way they expect things to be set up - two layouts, or a layout and an input method - and then we reject it. Unfortunately I'm not sure this is really fixable for F43, as it requires a chunk of work on webui :/ The patch to allow switched layouts is already probably far too big to take into F43 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda-webui/pull/1044 . So I think our best option is to take the more limited fixes we have that provide somewhat better implementation of the not-very-good current design (where we require exactly one, ASCII-capable layout to be configured), document it, and come up with better designs for F44.
*** Bug 2404396 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I actually think we should reconsider this one. Yes, you *can* just pick another input configuration, but the current experience is very weird and confusing for folks who use switched layouts or input methods. I think we need to do one of the following: 1. Fix up and merge the pending rewrites 2. Update the error messages to give a clearer explanation that acknowledges we are asking switched layout and input method users to do something sub-optimal Proposing as a violation of any "must complete an install" criterion in the case that you use the provided 'configure system layout' (or whatever the text is) link in Workstation live to configure more than one keyboard layout, or a keyboard layout plus an input method. With the note that *this is entirely normal* for quite a lot of people, and the thing they will naturally do if you give them a link that says that.
Discussed at the blocker review meeting on 20th Oct. 2025 AGREED: RejectedFinalBlocker After extensive analysis we agreed that, while the current state is pretty unfortunate, Workstation is no worse than F42 and KDE is manageably awkward. We accept it as an FE so we could potentially land improved error messages and possibly well-tested improvements if there's a one week slip. https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/blocker-review_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-20/f43-blocker-review.2025-10-20-16.02.html
Discussed at the blocker review meeting on 20th Oct. 2025 AGREED: RejectedFinalBlocker AcceptedFinalFreezeException After extensive analysis we agreed that, while the current state is pretty unfortunate, Workstation is no worse than F42 and KDE is manageably awkward. We accept it as an FE so we could potentially land improved error messages and possibly well-tested improvements if there's a one week slip. https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/blocker-review_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-20/f43-blocker-review.2025-10-20-16.02.html
F43 is done, dropping metadata.
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Making this a parent bug, converting to NEW status.
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The installer should no longer be crashing, but show the alert instead that this layout cannot be used.
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