This might be related to the fix of bug #1762952, whose purpose is to not accomplish keyboard configuration in connection with an upgrade of the keyboard-configuration package.
The complaint seems to be "dpkg-query: not found", and the dpkg-query command is indeed used in the pending change. Is d-i run in an environment where dpkg is not present? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782835 Title: d-i step "Configure the keyboard" fails Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in console-setup source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Bug description: Testing a bionic build of d-i w/ proposed results in a failure. From d-i's /var/log/syslog: Jul 20 20:01:04 main-menu[897]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected Jul 20 20:03:23 main-menu[897]: INFO: Menu item 'console-setup-udeb' selected Jul 20 20:03:25 main-menu[897]: (process:1567): /var/lib/dpkg/info/console-setup-udeb.postinst: line 52: dpkg-query: not found Jul 20 20:03:25 main-menu[897]: WARNING **: Configuring 'console-setup-udeb' failed with error code 127 Jul 20 20:03:25 main-menu[897]: WARNING **: Menu item 'console-setup-udeb' failed. Jul 20 20:03:41 main-menu[897]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected Jul 20 20:03:46 kernel: [ 224.155631] random: crng init done To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1782835/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp