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 Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1553147 Title: xenial preseed cannot set keyboard layout To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1553147/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs