Kickstart installation fails with "Failed to call SetVConsoleKeyboard method"

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
  • kickstart

Issue

  • Kickstart installation fails with "Failed to call SetVConsoleKeyboard method"

Resolution

  • Modify your kickstart file and replace keyboard line with the following:
keyboard --vckeymap=uk --xlayouts='gb'
  • When specifying keyboard to uk, it should be specified as above.

Root Cause

  • Kickstart had below line which was causing the issue:
keyboard uk

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