Index: ubiquity/plugins/ubi-console-setup.py
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--- ubiquity/plugins/ubi-console-setup.py
+++ ubiquity/plugins/ubi-console-setup.py
@@ -360,6 +360,16 @@
         self.page.keyboard_variant_combobox.clear()
         for choice in sorted(choices):
             self.page.keyboard_variant_combobox.addItem(misc.utf8(choice))
+        # Make sure to apply the current variant. When changing the layout
+        # this method is called to update the variant selection. In order for
+        # the layout to actually get applied we must also update the variant
+        # though. i.e. user changes layout -> this method -> apply new variant
+        # -> keyboard layout actually changes. Without the variant change call
+        # the layout isn't actually ever applied. And since we only listen to
+        # activated signals and not currentIndexShanged signals there is no
+        # other way to make sure the variant update is applied to the
+        # controller.
+        self.on_keyboard_variant_selected()
 
     @plugin.only_this_page
     def set_keyboard_variant(self, variant):