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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2016-07-19 15:24:23 -0400 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2016-07-19 21:24:23 +0200 |
| commit | dfc6109fcd7cd8987ca77326eef25c0deb25abd9 (patch) | |
| tree | 29c75c8fbd3a9a40433b9568f4ff695d14b56ac6 /man/localectl.xml | |
| parent | 069a92c6581a2ee4fc0f0f9430f54412e6e3026b (diff) | |
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
Diffstat (limited to 'man/localectl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/localectl.xml | 17 |
1 files 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 @@ <title>Description</title> <para><command>localectl</command> may be used to query and change - the system locale and keyboard layout settings.</para> + the system locale and keyboard layout settings. It communicates with + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + to modify files such as <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> and + <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename>.</para> <para>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.</para> - <para>Use + <para>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 <filename>localectl</filename>. + </para> + + <para>Note that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - 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.</para> </refsect1> @@ -214,7 +222,8 @@ </ulink>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mkinitrd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> |