From dfc6109fcd7cd8987ca77326eef25c0deb25abd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:24:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] man: mention that locale changes might require initramfs to be rebuilt (#3754) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151651 Also explain what localectl does a bit better: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1357861 --- man/localectl.xml | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/localectl.xml b/man/localectl.xml index 7def047f62..8d2becb5d9 100644 --- a/man/localectl.xml +++ b/man/localectl.xml @@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ Description localectl may be used to query and change - the system locale and keyboard layout settings. + the system locale and keyboard layout settings. It communicates with + systemd-localed8 + to modify files such as /etc/locale.conf and + /etc/vconsole.conf. The system locale controls the language settings of system services and of the UI before the user logs in, such as the @@ -72,9 +75,14 @@ such as the display manager, as well as the default for users after login. - Use + Note that the changes performed using this tool might require + the initramfs to be rebuilt to take effect during early system boot. + The initramfs is not rebuilt automatically by localectl. + + + Note that systemd-firstboot1 - to initialize the system locale for mounted (but not booted) + may be used to initialize the system locale for mounted (but not booted) system images. @@ -214,7 +222,8 @@ , systemctl1, systemd-localed.service8, - systemd-firstboot1 + systemd-firstboot1, + mkinitrd8