The problem still (or again) exists in at least Ubuntu Trusty, Xenial and Artful. None of these Ubuntu versions show any reaction on trying to set the keyboard layout.
Tried NO: d-i console-setup/ask_detect false d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string no d-i keyboard-configuration/layout select Norwegian d-i keyboard-configuration/modelcode string pc105 Tried DE: d-i console-setup/ask_detect false d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string de d-i keyboard-configuration/layout select German d-i keyboard-configuration/modelcode string pc105 The result is always US keyboard layout in /etc/default/keyboard: XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="" XKBVARIANT="" XKBOPTIONS="" BACKSPACE="guess" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to console-setup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1553147 Title: xenial preseed cannot set keyboard layout Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Using network booted preseed with the following lines to configure keyboard layout: d-i console-setup/ask_detect false d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string de d-i keyboard-configuration/layout select German d-i keyboard-configuration/modelcode string pc105 System comes up with US keyboard only (see screenshot). Content of /etc/default/keyboard: XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="" XKBVARIANT="" XKBOPTIONS="" BACKSPACE="guess" Content of /etc/default/console-setup: ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]" CHARMAP="UTF-8" CODESET="guess" FONTFACE="Fixed" FONTSIZE="8x16" VIDEOMODE= The same preseed file works on wily and successfully configures a German keyboard layout. The full preseed file can be found at https://github.com/jschule/ubuntu/blob/gh-pages/preseed/jts.txt Please advice how to set German keyboard layout with preseed installation. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1553147/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
