[xen-tools-discuss] Dom0 keymap changes during xen-create-image process?

[Kelvin Middleton]

Have Ubuntu Server 12.04.2, built Xen 4.3.0 from source as well as
xen-tools 4.3.1.  All locale, keyboard and console setup is en_GB.UTF8,
validated with dpkg-reconfigure console-setup, keyboard-configuration as
well as manually inspecting contents of /etc/default.

I can execute a xen-create-image which completes without issue and the
resulting image creates and works fine for both PV and HVM guests.

However whilst xen-create-image is processing, more specifically near the
start of the "hooks" there is a visible alteration to my dom0 font (thins
out) and the keymap alters to what I believe is a en_US configuration.  The
file contents in /etc/default has NOT been altered and issuing a "locale"
to my dom0 terminal shows all is en_GB.UTF8, however the keyboard map is
definitely altered.

I correct the problem either by issuing a dpkg-reconfigure
keyboard-configuration or a dpkg-configure console-setup, make absolutely
NO changes to the menu options pre-selected on screen and just OK through
each step.  At the conclusion my keymap is back to normal.

Example xen-create-image command...

xen-create-image \
--hostname=guest1 --pygrub --passwd --dhcp --memory=1G --swap=1G --size=8G
--vcpus=1 --dist=precise --lvm=vg0 --fs=ext4
--kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-37-generic
--initrd=/boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-37-generic --arch=amd64
--install-method=debootstrap --mirror=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
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