systemd-vconsole-setup.service service failure

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Issue

  • systemd-vconsole-setup.service service failure. Status is showing as below:
# systemctl status -l systemd-vconsole-setup
* systemd-vconsole-setup.service - Setup Virtual Console
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-vconsole-setup.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2021-01-19 09:07:35 WET; 4s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-vconsole-setup.service(8)
           man:vconsole.conf(5)
  Process: 719892 ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 719892 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

ene 19 09:07:35 server1.example.com systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console...
ene 19 09:07:35 server1.example.com systemd-vconsole-setup[719892]: keysym 'trademark' desconocida
ene 19 09:07:35 server1.example.com systemd-vconsole-setup[719892]: keysym 'trademark' desconocida
ene 19 09:07:35 server1.example.com systemd-vconsole-setup[719892]: lk_add_key called with bad keycode -1
ene 19 09:07:35 server1.example.com systemd-vconsole-setup[719892]: /usr/bin/loadkeys failed with exit status 1.
ene 19 09:07:35 server1.example.com systemd[1]: systemd-vconsole-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
ene 19 09:07:35 server1.example.com systemd[1]: systemd-vconsole-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
ene 19 09:07:35 server1.example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Setup Virtual Console.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
$ cat /etc/vconsole.conf
KEYMAP="es"
FONT="eurlatgr"

# env | grep -i lang
LANG=es_ES@euro

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