Bug#926037: systemd: localectl console keymap configuration delayed
On 02.01.22 14:49, Floris Bos wrote: On 1/2/22 2:10 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: On 02.01.22 13:32, Floris Bos wrote: I recall in some cases it is also necessary to regenerate initramfs after a keyboard settings change. E.g. when LUKS encryption is used and the user needs to be able to enter the password to unlock the disks in the console prior to the rest of the system being booted. So just restarting one of the services actually may not be enough. Well, I'm not yet convinced that doing this in localed is the correct place. After all, if you run dpkg-reconfigure console-setup, it doesn't update the initramfs either, or does it? It does on my Ubuntu box. Not certain about upstream Debian. it doesn't OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#926037: systemd: localectl console keymap configuration delayed
On 1/2/22 2:10 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: On 02.01.22 13:32, Floris Bos wrote: I recall in some cases it is also necessary to regenerate initramfs after a keyboard settings change. E.g. when LUKS encryption is used and the user needs to be able to enter the password to unlock the disks in the console prior to the rest of the system being booted. So just restarting one of the services actually may not be enough. Well, I'm not yet convinced that doing this in localed is the correct place. After all, if you run dpkg-reconfigure console-setup, it doesn't update the initramfs either, or does it? It does on my Ubuntu box. Not certain about upstream Debian. -- Yours sincerely, Floris Bos
Bug#926037: systemd: localectl console keymap configuration delayed
On 02.01.22 13:32, Floris Bos wrote: On 1/2/22 12:01 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: On 19.12.21 00:56, Floris Bos wrote: Yes, your Debian specific stuff in debian/patches/debian/Use-Debian-specific-config-files.patch only seems to set /etc/default/keyboard However with other Linux distributions the setting is also instantly applied to console, so that is what me and other users are expecting. With other Linux distributions this seems to be done by restarting the systemd-vconsole-setup unit in src/local/localed.c vconsole_reload() : https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/locale/localed.c#L97 Think that function needs to be patched by whatever is necessary to have the change do take effect on Debian (run "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" and "setupcon -k --force" ?) Currently we disable vconsole via debian/rules, so there is no systemd-vconsole-setup.service. Maybe a fix could be as simple as shipping a symlink systemd-vconsole-setup.service → keyboard-setup.service ? Or do we need to restart console-setup.service as well? I recall in some cases it is also necessary to regenerate initramfs after a keyboard settings change. E.g. when LUKS encryption is used and the user needs to be able to enter the password to unlock the disks in the console prior to the rest of the system being booted. So just restarting one of the services actually may not be enough. Well, I'm not yet convinced that doing this in localed is the correct place. After all, if you run dpkg-reconfigure console-setup, it doesn't update the initramfs either, or does it? OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#926037: systemd: localectl console keymap configuration delayed
On 1/2/22 12:01 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: On 19.12.21 00:56, Floris Bos wrote: Yes, your Debian specific stuff in debian/patches/debian/Use-Debian-specific-config-files.patch only seems to set /etc/default/keyboard However with other Linux distributions the setting is also instantly applied to console, so that is what me and other users are expecting. With other Linux distributions this seems to be done by restarting the systemd-vconsole-setup unit in src/local/localed.c vconsole_reload() : https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/locale/localed.c#L97 Think that function needs to be patched by whatever is necessary to have the change do take effect on Debian (run "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" and "setupcon -k --force" ?) Currently we disable vconsole via debian/rules, so there is no systemd-vconsole-setup.service. Maybe a fix could be as simple as shipping a symlink systemd-vconsole-setup.service → keyboard-setup.service ? Or do we need to restart console-setup.service as well? I recall in some cases it is also necessary to regenerate initramfs after a keyboard settings change. E.g. when LUKS encryption is used and the user needs to be able to enter the password to unlock the disks in the console prior to the rest of the system being booted. So just restarting one of the services actually may not be enough. Yours sincerely, Floris Bos
Bug#926037: systemd: localectl console keymap configuration delayed
On 19.12.21 00:56, Floris Bos wrote: Yes, your Debian specific stuff in debian/patches/debian/Use-Debian-specific-config-files.patch only seems to set /etc/default/keyboard However with other Linux distributions the setting is also instantly applied to console, so that is what me and other users are expecting. With other Linux distributions this seems to be done by restarting the systemd-vconsole-setup unit in src/local/localed.c vconsole_reload() : https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/locale/localed.c#L97 Think that function needs to be patched by whatever is necessary to have the change do take effect on Debian (run "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" and "setupcon -k --force" ?) Currently we disable vconsole via debian/rules, so there is no systemd-vconsole-setup.service. Maybe a fix could be as simple as shipping a symlink systemd-vconsole-setup.service → keyboard-setup.service ? Or do we need to restart console-setup.service as well? OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#926037: systemd: localectl console keymap configuration delayed
Hi, This issue is still present in recent Debian/Ubuntu versions. > Am 30.03.19 um 18:11 schrieb Iiro Laiho: > > When I set the system keymap using the "localectl" command, the > > application of the new layout to the virtual consoles is delayed. On Sun, 31 Mar 2019 20:23:09 +0200 Michael Biebl wrote: > TTBOMK, localectl just writes to /etc/default/keyboard and /etc/default > /console-setup and leaves it up to console-setup to apply those changes, > which is usually done during bootup. Yes, your Debian specific stuff in debian/patches/debian/Use-Debian-specific-config-files.patch only seems to set /etc/default/keyboard However with other Linux distributions the setting is also instantly applied to console, so that is what me and other users are expecting. With other Linux distributions this seems to be done by restarting the systemd-vconsole-setup unit in src/local/localed.c vconsole_reload() : https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/locale/localed.c#L97 Think that function needs to be patched by whatever is necessary to have the change do take effect on Debian (run "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" and "setupcon -k --force" ?) Yours sincerely, Floris Bos
Bug#926037: systemd: localectl console keymap configuration delayed
On 31.3.2019 21.23, Michael Biebl wrote: Can you post the exact commands you used and what you did next. I'm not quite sure what you mean with "application of the new layout to the virtual consoles is delayed". Did you logout/login again in the mean time and still got the same layout? Let's say we want to use the "fi" keyboard layout with variant "das". It is one of those "exotic" variants that are in the xkb's "base.extras.xml". I am not quite sure whether or not it matters. Then we run: $ localectl set-x11-keymap fi das The layout is not applied immediately. I am not sure when it is applied, but apparently it eventually will be. Sometimes running "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" and telling it to keep the current /etc/default/keyboard settings helps, but for some reason my system does not show that option anymore. Anyway, no further steps should be necessary after running that localectl command. This issue is not limited to the CLI configuration: gnome-control-center also uses localed to choose the system-wide keyboard mapping. Btw, "fi das" is a non-QWERTY layout so it is recommendable to do these tests on a machine that has a SSH server or something other that can be used to switch the layout back. TTBOMK, localectl just writes to /etc/default/keyboard and /etc/default /console-setup and leaves it up to console-setup to apply those changes, which is usually done during bootup. There is also a /lib/udev/rules.d/90-console-setup.rules, i.e is triggered via udev. So it might be possible, that console-setup applies the changes when the hardware configuration changes. Yeah, just noticed that myself. On Debian localed apparently just edits the while when console-setup applies it. Cheers, Iiro
Bug#926037: systemd: localectl console keymap configuration delayed
Am 30.03.19 um 18:11 schrieb Iiro Laiho: > Package: systemd > Version: 232-25+deb9u9 > Severity: important > Tags: l10n > > Dear Maintainer, > > When I set the system keymap using the "localectl" command, the > application of the new layout to the virtual consoles is delayed. The > delay seems to be unpredictable. I have currently no idea what does > finally trigger the change or when it happens. Sometimes reboot seems to > do it, sometimes not. Can you post the exact commands you used and what you did next. I'm not quite sure what you mean with "application of the new layout to the virtual consoles is delayed". Did you logout/login again in the mean time and still got the same layout? TTBOMK, localectl just writes to /etc/default/keyboard and /etc/default /console-setup and leaves it up to console-setup to apply those changes, which is usually done during bootup. There is also a /lib/udev/rules.d/90-console-setup.rules, i.e is triggered via udev. So it might be possible, that console-setup applies the changes when the hardware configuration changes. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
