XPost: linux.debian.project 
 From: cjwatson@debian.org 
  
 On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 09:17:19PM +0200, M Ghost wrote: 
 >I'm trying to create a preseeded installation for Debian 13 "Trixie" (using 
 >the amd64 netinstaller), and I'm running into a persistent issue with the 
 >keyboard layout that I can't seem to solve. 
  
 Redirecting to debian-boot; debian-project is for project-wide 
 discussions rather than this sort of thing. 
  
 >My goal is simple: 
 > 
 >   - 
 > 
 >   The final installed system should have *English* as its language and 
 >   locale (en_US.UTF-8). 
 >   - 
 > 
 >   The keyboard layout, however, must be *German* (de). 
 > 
 >All other parts of my preseed file (partitioning, package selection, etc.) 
 >are working perfectly. The only issue is that the keyboard layout always 
 >defaults to US English, ignoring my settings. 
 > 
 >I've tried numerous combinations in my preseed.cfg. My most recent attempt 
 >looked like this, trying to be as explicit as possible: 
 > 
 ># Localization 
 >d-i debian-installer/language string en 
 >d-i debian-installer/country string DE 
 >d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8 
 > 
 ># Keyboard selection 
 >d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false 
 >d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select de 
 >d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string de 
 > 
 >Despite these settings, the result is always an English layout. For due 
 >diligence, I did a manual installation where I selected these options 
 >interactively, which worked perfectly. 
  
 This sounds as though perhaps you tried to do the preseeding using a 
 method that's only processed after the locale and keyboard questions 
 have been asked. 
 https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apbs01.en.html#preseed-methods 
 explains this, and offers two different suggestions on how to handle it. 
  
 >What is the definitive, canonical combination of preseed options to 
 >reliably force a specific keyboard layout when it differs from the chosen 
 >system language and locale? 
  
 https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apbs04.en.html#preseed-l10n 
 should describe the set of options, bearing in mind the above. 
  
 Regards, 
  
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 Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson@debian.org] 
  
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