[bug] systemd services get no locale information

asked 2014-12-17 13:44:43 +0200

mihlit gravatar image

Hi,

there is a bug or configuration problem. When systemd services is started, it get's no localization information. LC_* and LANG are not set. Systemd takes this information from /etc/locale.conf which is not present on Jolla.

There is just /var/lib/environment/nemo/locale.conf and no /etc/locale.conf Either systemd should get patched to use locale information from different source or /etc/locale.conf should be provided.

I've tried creating a symlink /etc/locale.conf -> /var/lib/environment/nemo/locale.conf and after reboot, systemd services get the locale information - LANG variable is set.

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This workaround solves the ssh locale problem :)

https://together.jolla.com/question/31538/ssh-locale/

I still hope for a better solution.

An easy reproduction is to print locale in fingerterm, ssh localhost and print again.

This did work before http://www.jollatides.com/2013/12/16/how-to-tweak-jolla-system-locale/

Atomim ( 2015-02-14 18:11:01 +0200 )edit

We ran into this problem too: Python checks some locale variables to determine the encoding for shell output and because they're not set it defaults to ANSI_X3.4-1968 which breaks UTF-8 output.

Semoar ( 2015-12-29 14:49:16 +0200 )edit

Why isn't this fixed yet? It is still a problem as of 2.1.3. And if you create a symlink /etc/locale.conf, at least the Xperia is messed up and goes into airplane mode after reboot and is stuck there until the symlink is removed and phone rebooted.

johanh ( 2017-10-14 23:02:13 +0200 )edit