From 8968e36f21ec831e78ac55bf47c2f282253b2ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 22:47:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] man: mention localed and localectl in locale.conf(5) and vconsole.conf(5) Fixes #295. (We cannot add a comment to either of those files because they are documented to "only support variable assignments", so it's better to add an explanation in the man page instead.) --- man/locale.conf.xml | 8 +++++--- man/vconsole.conf.xml | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/locale.conf.xml b/man/locale.conf.xml index 2fe731113a0..1405dda3fd8 100644 --- a/man/locale.conf.xml +++ b/man/locale.conf.xml @@ -91,12 +91,14 @@ might be checked for locale configuration as well, however only as fallback. - localectl1 + /etc/vconsole.conf is usually created and updated + using + systemd-localed.service8. + localectl1 may be used to alter the settings in this file during runtime from the command line. Use systemd-firstboot1 - to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system - images. + to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system images. diff --git a/man/vconsole.conf.xml b/man/vconsole.conf.xml index fa30ca65696..4a6672cbaea 100644 --- a/man/vconsole.conf.xml +++ b/man/vconsole.conf.xml @@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ Depending on the operating system other configuration files might be checked for configuration of the virtual console as well, however only as fallback. + + /etc/vconsole.conf is usually created and updated + using + systemd-localed.service8. + localectl1 + may be used to instruct systemd-localed.service to + query or update configuration. -- 2.47.3