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  2. RHEL-16168

Text interface broken for non-latin languages

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      Installer falls back to English in text mode for unsupported languages::

      Before this release, the installer did not set the display mode (text, graphical, or non-interactive) early enough during startup. As a result, the check to determine whether a selected language is supported in text mode did not run. In text mode installations, languages that are not supported in the text user interface, such as Japanese, could be used, resulting in unreadable output.
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      With this fix, the installer correctly detects languages that are not supported in the text mode. If an unsupported language is selected, the text user interface falls back to English. The installed system is still configured to use the originally selected language.
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      Installer falls back to English in text mode for unsupported languages:: Before this release, the installer did not set the display mode (text, graphical, or non-interactive) early enough during startup. As a result, the check to determine whether a selected language is supported in text mode did not run. In text mode installations, languages that are not supported in the text user interface, such as Japanese, could be used, resulting in unreadable output. + With this fix, the installer correctly detects languages that are not supported in the text mode. If an unsupported language is selected, the text user interface falls back to English. The installed system is still configured to use the originally selected language.
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      What were you trying to do that didn't work?

      The Anaconda text interface shows only white rectangles for languages that use a non-latin alphabet and that have translations.

      Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:

      RHEL-9.3 (also RHEL-8.9)

      How reproducible:

      Always

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Append to the boot options: "inst.lang=ja_JP inst.text".
      2. Start a text mode installation.

      Expected results

      All translated text in a non-latin alphabet is readable.

      Actual results

      All translated text in a non-latin alphabet looks like white rectangles.

      Additional info

      This problem was reported/solved on RHEL-7 in the past, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182562 and a related commit https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/commit/a246ba29222f873711f7a3496341c4bf60cc8c4d

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              mkolman@redhat.com Martin Kolman
              jstodola@redhat.com Jan Stodola
              anaconda-maint-list anaconda-maint-list
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