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jebez

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[SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p2221506.

Last edited by jebez (2025-01-21 16:50:52)

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

I.e. what does

$ localedef --list

yield?

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

localectl will only configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf which isn't getting parsed by KDE (wayland), just set it explicitly once in KDE.

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jebez

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

Sorry for https://archlinuxarm.org/ schard, I didn't know, from there to throw Feature request: F2FS support for the BIOS...

arch-chroot /mnt localedef --list

in archlinux-2025.01.01-x86_64.iso &

localedef --list

in my Arch Linux KDE: nothing.

So

localectl set-keymap fr

can't work in archlinux-*-x86_64.iso? Only once in my Arch Linux KDE (it works)?

Sorry V1del it was wrong (I reinstalled with my script) I updated this post.

Last edited by jebez (2025-01-21 16:18:39)

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

what do you mean exactly, do you get an error from your script or is it simply not set in KDE? that keymap command will set it for the console and for xorg. Wayland enviroments have their own config which isn't going to be covered, since your linked post talks about a KDE session it stands to reason you actually mean a KDE session where you will have to configure this explcitly (or write ~/.config/kxbrc accordingly: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=302504

jebez

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

See my previous post, does edit a post signal you?

Last edited by jebez (2025-01-21 15:03:34)

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

what exactly doesn't work? And yes generally speaking a lot of systemd utilities need a proper session bus which isn't available in a chroot. AFAIK localectl shouldn't be one of them, but it's entirely unclear what error you're getting or what your expectation is.

jebez

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

In my install script https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p2221235 there's

arch-chroot /mnt bash -c "...
localectl set-keymap fr
..."

& just simply

arch-chroot /mnt localectl set-keymap fr

don't work: reboot on my fresh Arch Linux KDE, it's still qwerty, not azerty.

But here if I do

localectl set-keymap fr

it works.

So it not possible to do it in archlinux-*-x86_64.iso?

Last edited by jebez (2025-01-21 16:22:33)

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

localectl will talk via dbus and potentially inform the session of the change. If you do that on the chroot there's no session to inform, so it will only write two files, neither of which will be read by KDE.

jebez

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Re: [SOLVED] arch-chroot with localectl set-keymap fr doesn't work

Ok thanks. Kamehameha!

With

arch-chroot /mnt bash -c "...
localectl set-keymap fr
..."

localectl status

&

arch-chroot /mnt localectl status

both output:

System Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8
VC Keymap: fr
X11 Layout: fr
X11 Options: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp

so it affects archlinux-2025.01.01-x86_64.iso, not /mnt.

Should add that in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_ … figuration.

Last edited by jebez (2025-01-21 20:31:26)