Failed to set kbmap/locale #4265
Description
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im running archinstall on up-to-date installation of arch linux
The installation log
[2026-02-27 14:33:59] - INFO - Fetching Arch Linux package database...
[2026-02-27 14:33:59] - INFO - Checking version...
[2026-02-27 14:34:00] - DEBUG - Failed to check for package upgrades: archinstall
[2026-02-27 14:34:00] - DEBUG - No archinstall upgrades found
[2026-02-27 14:34:00] - DEBUG - Running from Host (H2T Mode)...
[2026-02-27 14:34:00] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sdc2: mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2026-02-27 14:34:02] - DEBUG - Partition /dev/sdc2 is currently mounted at: ['/mnt/arch_btrfs']
[2026-02-27 14:34:02] - DEBUG - Unmounting mountpoint: /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2026-02-27 14:35:09] - DEBUG - Creating yescrypt hash with rounds 5
[2026-02-27 14:35:23] - DEBUG - Creating yescrypt hash with rounds 5
[2026-02-27 14:35:30] - ERROR - failed to read fido2 devices: Binary fido2-token does not exist.
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/minimal.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/xorg.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/tailored.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/server.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/__init__.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktop.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/custom.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/tomcat.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/docker.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/httpd.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/lighttpd.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/postgresql.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/__init__.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/mariadb.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/nginx.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/cockpit.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/sshd.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/enlightenment.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/labwc.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/deepin.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/sway.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/cosmic.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/cinnamon.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/gnome.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/awesome.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/bspwm.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/xfce4.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/__init__.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/niri.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/plasma.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/mate.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/qtile.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/hyprland.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/budgie.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/cutefish.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/i3.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/river.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/xmonad.py
[2026-02-27 14:35:33] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/lxqt.py
[2026-02-27 14:36:28] - DEBUG - -- Chosen configuration --
[2026-02-27 14:36:28] - DEBUG - {
"app_config": {
"audio_config": {
"audio": "pipewire"
},
"bluetooth_config": {
"enabled": true
},
"power_management_config": {
"power_management": "power-profiles-daemon"
},
"print_service_config": {
"enabled": true
}
},
"archinstall-language": "English",
"auth_config": {},
"bootloader_config": {
"bootloader": "Efistub",
"removable": false,
"uki": true
},
"custom_commands": [],
"disk_config": {
"btrfs_options": {
"snapshot_config": {
"type": "Snapper"
}
},
"config_type": "default_layout",
"device_modifications": [
{
"device": "/dev/sdc",
"partitions": [
{
"btrfs": [],
"dev_path": null,
"flags": [
"boot",
"esp"
],
"fs_type": "fat32",
"mount_options": [],
"mountpoint": "/boot",
"obj_id": "db9d847f-f755-4805-8c85-23abf25f4271",
"size": {
"sector_size": {
"unit": "B",
"value": 512
},
"unit": "GiB",
"value": 1
},
"start": {
"sector_size": {
"unit": "B",
"value": 512
},
"unit": "MiB",
"value": 1
},
"status": "create",
"type": "primary"
},
{
"btrfs": [
{
"mountpoint": "/",
"name": "@"
},
{
"mountpoint": "/home",
"name": "@home"
},
{
"mountpoint": "/var/log",
"name": "@log"
},
{
"mountpoint": "/var/cache/pacman/pkg",
"name": "@pkg"
}
],
"dev_path": null,
"flags": [],
"fs_type": "btrfs",
"mount_options": [
"compress=zstd"
],
"mountpoint": null,
"obj_id": "75f46f72-71c2-449e-8034-4c375e7ccc5e",
"size": {
"sector_size": {
"unit": "B",
"value": 512
},
"unit": "B",
"value": 29966204928
},
"start": {
"sector_size": {
"unit": "B",
"value": 512
},
"unit": "B",
"value": 1074790400
},
"status": "create",
"type": "primary"
}
],
"wipe": true
}
]
},
"hostname": "archlinux",
"kernels": [
"linux"
],
"locale_config": {
"kb_layout": "pl",
"sys_enc": "UTF-8",
"sys_lang": "en_US.UTF-8"
},
"mirror_config": {
"custom_repositories": [],
"custom_servers": [],
"mirror_regions": {},
"optional_repositories": [
"multilib",
"multilib-testing",
"core-testing",
"extra-testing"
]
},
"network_config": {
"type": "nm"
},
"ntp": true,
"packages": [],
"parallel_downloads": 0,
"profile_config": {
"gfx_driver": "All open-source",
"greeter": "sddm",
"profile": {
"custom_settings": {
"Lxqt": {}
},
"details": [
"Lxqt"
],
"main": "Desktop"
}
},
"script": null,
"services": [],
"swap": {
"algorithm": "lzo",
"enabled": true
},
"timezone": "Poland",
"version": "3.0.15"
}
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Unmounting all existing partitions: /dev/sdc
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Unmounting: /dev/sdc1
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Unmounting: /dev/sdc2
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - INFO - Wiping partitions and metadata: /dev/sdc
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - INFO - Creating partitions: /dev/sdc
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Type: primary
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Filesystem: fat32
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Geometry: 2048 start sector, 2097152 length
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Type: primary
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Filesystem: btrfs
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Geometry: 2099200 start sector, 58527744 length
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Wiping signatures from: /dev/sdc1
[2026-02-27 14:36:34] - DEBUG - Wiping signatures from: /dev/sdc2
[2026-02-27 14:36:35] - DEBUG - Formatting filesystem: mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdc1
[2026-02-27 14:36:36] - DEBUG - partition information found: {"name":"sdc1","path":"/dev/sdc1","pkname":"sdc","log_sec":512,"size":"1024 MiB","pttype":"gpt","ptuuid":"0f20679d-f9fc-432f-8e86-42efcf46d0f4","rota":true,"tran":null,"partn":1,"partuuid":"29b2d255-63a9-4252-8822-18096e45a4ac","parttype":"c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b","uuid":"BF32-D685","fstype":"vfat","fsver":"FAT32","fsavail":null,"fsuse_percentage":null,"type":"part","mountpoint":null,"mountpoints":[],"fsroots":[],"children":[]}
[2026-02-27 14:36:36] - DEBUG - Formatting filesystem: mkfs.btrfs -f /dev/sdc2
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - partition information found: {"name":"sdc2","path":"/dev/sdc2","pkname":"sdc","log_sec":512,"size":"28578 MiB","pttype":"gpt","ptuuid":"0f20679d-f9fc-432f-8e86-42efcf46d0f4","rota":true,"tran":null,"partn":2,"partuuid":"fd27d540-7e75-4ba8-afa8-61e8c88a403e","parttype":"4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7-fbcaf984b709","uuid":"d958b969-ac89-4d56-aa54-d87ea4918fa1","fstype":"btrfs","fsver":null,"fsavail":null,"fsuse_percentage":null,"type":"part","mountpoint":null,"mountpoints":[],"fsroots":[],"children":[]}
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - INFO - Creating subvolumes: /dev/sdc2
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sdc2: mount -o compress=zstd /dev/sdc2 /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @home
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @log
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @pkg
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Partition /dev/sdc2 is currently mounted at: ['/mnt/arch_btrfs']
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Unmounting mountpoint: /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - INFO - Starting installation...
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Mounting ordered layout
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - No lvm config defined to be imported
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - No lvm config defined to be mounted
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Mounting partition layout
[2026-02-27 14:36:40] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sdc2: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@ /dev/sdc2 /mnt
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sdc2: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@home /dev/sdc2 /mnt/home
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sdc2: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@pkg /dev/sdc2 /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sdc2: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@log /dev/sdc2 /mnt/var/log
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sdc1: mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/boot
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - INFO - Waiting for time sync (timedatectl show) to complete.
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - INFO - Waiting for automatic mirror selection (reflector) to complete.
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - INFO - Waiting for Arch Linux keyring sync (archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync) to complete.
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - DEBUG - Setting mirrors on live system
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - DEBUG - System is not running in a VM: ['/usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: none
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - DEBUG - Optional repositories: [<Repository.Multilib: 'multilib'>, <Repository.MultilibTesting: 'multilib-testing'>, <Repository.CoreTesting: 'core-testing'>, <Repository.ExtraTesting: 'extra-testing'>]
[2026-02-27 14:36:41] - INFO - Wrote to /mnt/etc/vconsole.conf using pl and default8x16
[2026-02-27 14:36:52] - INFO - Installing packages: ['base', 'sudo', 'linux-firmware', 'linux', 'btrfs-progs', 'intel-ucode']
[2026-02-27 14:48:53] - INFO - Setting keyboard language to pl
[2026-02-27 14:49:27] - ERROR - Unable to set locale 'pl' for console: ['/usr/bin/systemd-run', '--machine=archinstall', '--pty', '/usr/bin/localectl', 'set-keymap', 'pl'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: Running as unit: run-p17586-i17587.service
Press ^] three times within 1s to disconnect TTY.
Failed to set keymap: Connection timed out
The error above occurred in a temporary boot-up of the installation <archinstall.lib.installer.Installer object at 0x7f7ef57c67b0>
[2026-02-27 14:50:23] - ERROR -describe the problem
Description of the issue
I was installing on GE70 2PC (REV:1.0) hardware ...
Then setting the kbmap/locale failed and archinstall crashed ...