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holzy

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Registered: 2021-04-25

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[Solved] Locale problem, stuck in en_US on xorg/x11 (should be uk)

Just completed fresh install, used the archinstall script (have previously installed the normal way following wiki, had same issue)
I did everything according to the installation guide with regards to locale as far as I can tell?

In /etc/locale.gen the only line without a # is en_GB.UTF-8

/etc/locale.conf
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LANG=en_GB.UTF-8

/etc/vconsole.conf
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KEYMAP=uk
FONT=lat9w-16

The output of "locale" lists en_GB.UTF-8 for everything except the last line "LC_ALL="
The output of "localectl" is:
System Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
VC Keymap: uk
X11 Layout: n/a

That last line is what I assume is the problem, I tried "localectl set-x11-keymap uk" and "localectl set-x11-keymap en_GB.UTF-8" , neither of which worked, both responding with: "Failed to set keymap: Specified keymap cannot be compiled, refusing as invalid"

I'm using LXDM and the language option there is set to en_GB.UTF-8 on the login screen, very confused! Any help greatly appreciated.
Oh and I'm not using a desktop environment, I'm trying to set up XMonad, if that's relevant

Last edited by holzy (2021-06-09 17:11:46)

seth

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Re: [Solved] Locale problem, stuck in en_US on xorg/x11 (should be uk)

The X11 keymap is for "gb" - northern ireland has already exited you there

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holzy

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Registered: 2021-04-25

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Re: [Solved] Locale problem, stuck in en_US on xorg/x11 (should be uk)

Haha no idea why it didn't occur to me to try that, spent longer than I care to admit trying to solve this! Much appreciated!