Kickstart installation fails with "Failed to call SetVConsoleKeyboard method"
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
- kickstart
Issue
Kickstartinstallation fails with "Failed to call SetVConsoleKeyboard method"
Resolution
- Modify your
kickstart file and replacekeyboardline with the following:
keyboard --vckeymap=uk --xlayouts='gb'
- When specifying
keyboardtouk, it should be specified as above.
Root Cause
Kickstarthad below line which was causing the issue:
keyboard uk
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