man/localectl.xml

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  24 <refentry id="localectl" conditional='ENABLE_LOCALED'
  25           xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  26
  27         <refentryinfo>
  28                 <title>localectl</title>
  29                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  30
  31                 <authorgroup>
  32                         <author>
  33                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  34                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  35                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  36                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  37                         </author>
  38                 </authorgroup>
  39         </refentryinfo>
  40
  41         <refmeta>
  42                 <refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle>
  43                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  44         </refmeta>
  45
  46         <refnamediv>
  47                 <refname>localectl</refname>
  48                 <refpurpose>Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings</refpurpose>
  49         </refnamediv>
  50
  51         <refsynopsisdiv>
  52                 <cmdsynopsis>
  53                         <command>localectl</command>
  54                         <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
  55                         <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
  56                 </cmdsynopsis>
  57         </refsynopsisdiv>
  58
  59         <refsect1>
  60                 <title>Description</title>
  61
  62                 <para><command>localectl</command> may be used to
  63                 query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
  64                 settings.</para>
  65
  66                 <para>The system locale controls the language settings
  67                 of system services and of the UI before the user logs
  68                 in, such as the display manager, as well as the
  69                 default for users after login.</para>
  70
  71                 <para>The keyboard settings control the keyboard
  72                 layout used on the text console and of the graphical
  73                 UI before the user logs in, such as the display
  74                 manager, as well as the default for users after
  75                 login.</para>
  76         </refsect1>
  77
  78         <refsect1>
  79                 <title>Options</title>
  80
  81                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
  82
  83                 <variablelist>
  84                         <varlistentry>
  85                                 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
  86
  87                                 <listitem><para>Do not query the user
  88                                 for authentication for privileged
  89                                 operations.</para></listitem>
  90                         </varlistentry>
  91
  92                         <varlistentry>
  93                                 <term><option>--no-convert</option></term>
  94
  95                                 <listitem><para>If
  96                                 <command>set-keymap</command> or
  97                                 <command>set-x11-keymap</command> is
  98                                 invoked and this option is passed, then
  99                                 the keymap will not be converted from
 100                                 the console to X11, or X11 to console,
 101                                 respectively.</para></listitem>
 102                         </varlistentry>
 103
 104                         <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
 105
 106                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
 107                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
 108                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
 109                 </variablelist>
 110
 111                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 112
 113                 <variablelist>
 114                         <varlistentry>
 115                                 <term><command>status</command></term>
 116
 117                                 <listitem><para>Show current settings
 118                                 of the system locale and keyboard
 119                                 mapping.</para></listitem>
 120                         </varlistentry>
 121
 122                         <varlistentry>
 123                                 <term><command>set-locale LOCALE...</command></term>
 124
 125                                 <listitem><para>Set the system
 126                                 locale. This takes one or more
 127                                 assignments such as "LANG=de_DE.utf8",
 128                                 "LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8", and so
 129                                 on. See
 130                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 131                                 for details on the available settings
 132                                 and their meanings. Use
 133                                 <command>list-locales</command> for a
 134                                 list of available locales (see below).
 135                                 </para></listitem>
 136                         </varlistentry>
 137
 138                         <varlistentry>
 139                                 <term><command>list-locales</command></term>
 140
 141                                 <listitem><para>List available locales
 142                                 useful for configuration with
 143                                 <command>set-locale</command>.</para></listitem>
 144                         </varlistentry>
 145
 146                         <varlistentry>
 147                                 <term><command>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</command></term>
 148
 149                                 <listitem><para>Set the system
 150                                 keyboard mapping for the console. This
 151                                 takes a keyboard mapping name (such as
 152                                 "de" or "us"), and possibly a second
 153                                 one to define a toggle keyboard
 154                                 mapping. Unless
 155                                 <option>--no-convert</option> is
 156                                 passed, the selected setting is also
 157                                 applied to the default keyboard
 158                                 mapping of X11, after converting it to
 159                                 the closest matching X11 keyboard
 160                                 mapping. Use
 161                                 <command>list-keymaps</command> for a
 162                                 list of available keyboard mappings
 163                                 (see below).</para></listitem>
 164                         </varlistentry>
 165
 166                         <varlistentry>
 167                                 <term><command>list-keymaps</command></term>
 168
 169                                 <listitem><para>List available
 170                                 keyboard mappings for the console,
 171                                 useful for configuration with
 172                                 <command>set-keymap</command>.</para></listitem>
 173                         </varlistentry>
 174
 175                         <varlistentry>
 176                                 <term><command>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]</command></term>
 177
 178                                 <listitem><para>Set the system default
 179                                 keyboard mapping for X11. This takes a
 180                                 keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or
 181                                 "us"), and possibly a model, variant
 182                                 and options, see
 183                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 184                                 for details. Unless
 185                                 <option>--no-convert</option> is
 186                                 passed, the selected setting is also
 187                                 applied to the system console keyboard
 188                                 mapping, after converting it to the
 189                                 closest matching console keyboard
 190                                 mapping.</para></listitem>
 191                         </varlistentry>
 192
 193                         <varlistentry>
 194                                 <term><command>list-x11-keymap-models</command></term>
 195                                 <term><command>list-x11-keymap-layouts</command></term>
 196                                 <term><command>list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT]</command></term>
 197                                 <term><command>list-x11-keymap-options</command></term>
 198
 199                                 <listitem><para>List available X11
 200                                 keymap models, layouts, variants and
 201                                 options, useful for configuration with
 202                                 <command>set-keymap</command>. The
 203                                 command
 204                                 <command>list-x11-keymap-variants</command>
 205                                 optionally takes a layout parameter to
 206                                 limit the output to the variants
 207                                 suitable for the specific
 208                                 layout.</para></listitem>
 209                         </varlistentry>
 210                 </variablelist>
 211
 212         </refsect1>
 213
 214         <refsect1>
 215                 <title>Exit status</title>
 216
 217                 <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
 218                 code otherwise.</para>
 219         </refsect1>
 220
 221         <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
 222
 223         <refsect1>
 224                 <title>See Also</title>
 225                 <para>
 226                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 227                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 228                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 229                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 230                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 231                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 232                         <ulink url="http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/xorg-docs/input/XKB-Config.html">
 233                           The XKB Configuration Guide
 234                         </ulink>,
 235                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 236                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 237                 </para>
 238         </refsect1>
 239
 240 </refentry>