From b35226ffaefc7fac533035972979c15fb58064c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hooker Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:22:47 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] add a note about running qemu next to a `common` file. Related to $4291 --- website/source/docs/builders/qemu.html.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/qemu.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/qemu.html.md index 4506191f5..11114ee32 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/qemu.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/qemu.html.md @@ -419,3 +419,11 @@ CentOS 6.4 installer: " ks=http://10.0.2.2:{{ .HTTPPort }}/centos6-ks.cfg" ] ``` + +### Troubleshooting + +Some users have experienced errors complaining about invalid keymaps. This +seems to be related to having a `common` directory or file in the directory +they've run Packer in, like the packer source directory. This appears to be an +upstream bug with qemu, and the best solution for now is to remove the +file/directory or run in another directory.