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I want to install debian automatically. I've copied the example preseed file into the initrd, and verified that it contains
d-i keymap select us
In the installation system, /var/log/syslog contains a line
successfully loaded preseed file from file:///preseed.cfg
but I still see the Configure the Keyboard dialog. How can I make the installation pick a keyboard layout without user interaction?
The example preseed file is wrong. You need to set the following option:
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
This was my configuration for Ubuntu xenial; what a pain. I found this here, so thanks to this GitHub user
# Keyboard selection.
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us
d-i keyboard-configuration/variantcode string
I had the same issue as you had. I had everything but the keyboard preseeded so that it would not prompt for anything during the installation. Your problem is that you actually need to add in the keyboard configuration into the append line in your menus file (may be named main depending on what you are doing). Also your keymap setting is correct. In debian keymap is an alias for keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap.
