SLES 12 SP2 AutoYaST deployment via SUSE Manager fails with language not found error

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Environment


SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 2 (SLES 12 SP2)
SUSE Manager 3
SUSE Manager 2.1

Situation

An AutoYaST installation of a SLES 12 SP2 system via SUSE Manager fails with the following popup:
Language 'en' was not found within the list of supported languages available at /usr/share/YaST2/data/languages.
Fallback language en_US will be used.
This error is also shown when using
  <language>
    <language>en_US</language>
    <languages></languages>
  </language>
in the AutoYaST controle file.

Resolution

As a workaround please add
lang=en_US
as kernel option to the distribution setting in SUSE Manager.

Cause

A problem in the default language selection in YaST2.

Disclaimer

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  • Document ID:7018334
  • Creation Date: 29-Nov-2016
  • Modified Date:03-Mar-2020
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    • SUSE Manager

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