Hi,
i am wondering why running setxkbmap in verbose mode, actually falsely (or misleadingly) reports my locale as c not utf-8 ?!
Please check the below outputs:
$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
Setting verbose level to 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: fr,ara
variant: ,azerty
options: grp:lalt_lshift_toggle
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: evdev+aliases(azerty)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: pc+fr+ara(azerty):2+inet(evdev)+group(lalt_lshift_toggle)
geometry: pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(azerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+fr+ara(azerty):2+inet(evdev)+group(lalt_lshift_toggle)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};
$ cat /etc/locale.gen
fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
$ cat /etc/vconsole.conf
KEYMAP=fr
FONT=Lat2-Terminus16
FONT_MAP=
$ locale
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_NAME=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_ALL=
$ locale -a
aa_DJ.utf8
aa_ER.utf8
aa_ER.utf8@saaho
aa_ET.utf8
af_ZA.utf8
agr_PE.utf8
ak_GH.utf8
am_ET.utf8
an_ES.utf8
anp_IN.utf8
ar_AE.utf8
ar_BH.utf8
ar_DZ.utf8
ar_EG.utf8
ar_IN.utf8
ar_IQ.utf8
ar_JO.utf8
ar_KW.utf8
ar_LB.utf8
ar_LY.utf8
ar_MA.utf8
ar_OM.utf8
ar_QA.utf8
ar_SA.utf8
ar_SD.utf8
ar_SS.utf8
ar_SY.utf8
ar_TN.utf8
ar_YE.utf8
as_IN.utf8
ast_ES.utf8
ayc_PE.utf8
az_AZ.utf8
az_IR.utf8
be_BY.utf8
be_BY.utf8@latin
bem_ZM.utf8
ber_DZ.utf8
ber_MA.utf8
bg_BG.utf8
bhb_IN.utf8
bho_IN.utf8
bho_NP.utf8
bi_VU.utf8
bn_BD.utf8
bn_IN.utf8
bo_CN.utf8
bo_IN.utf8
br_FR.utf8
brx_IN.utf8
bs_BA.utf8
byn_ER.utf8
C
ca_AD.utf8
ca_ES.utf8
ca_ES.utf8@valencia
ca_FR.utf8
ca_IT.utf8
ce_RU.utf8
chr_US.utf8
cmn_TW.utf8
crh_UA.utf8
csb_PL.utf8
cs_CZ.utf8
C.utf8
cv_RU.utf8
cy_GB.utf8
da_DK.utf8
de_AT.utf8
de_BE.utf8
de_CH.utf8
de_DE.utf8
de_IT.utf8
de_LI.utf8
de_LU.utf8
doi_IN.utf8
dsb_DE.utf8
dv_MV.utf8
dz_BT.utf8
el_CY.utf8
el_GR.utf8
en_AG.utf8
en_AU.utf8
en_BW.utf8
en_CA.utf8
en_DK.utf8
en_GB.utf8
en_HK.utf8
en_IE.utf8
en_IL.utf8
en_IN.utf8
en_NG.utf8
en_NZ.utf8
en_PH.utf8
en_SC.utf8
en_SG.utf8
en_US.utf8
en_ZA.utf8
en_ZM.utf8
en_ZW.utf8
eo.utf8
es_AR.utf8
es_BO.utf8
es_CL.utf8
es_CO.utf8
es_CR.utf8
es_CU.utf8
es_DO.utf8
es_EC.utf8
es_ES.utf8
es_GT.utf8
es_HN.utf8
es_MX.utf8
es_NI.utf8
es_PA.utf8
es_PE.utf8
es_PR.utf8
es_PY.utf8
es_SV.utf8
es_US.utf8
es_UY.utf8
es_VE.utf8
et_EE.utf8
eu_ES.utf8
fa_IR.utf8
ff_SN.utf8
fi_FI.utf8
fil_PH.utf8
fo_FO.utf8
fr_BE.utf8
fr_CA.utf8
fr_CH.utf8
fr_FR.utf8
fr_LU.utf8
fur_IT.utf8
fy_DE.utf8
fy_NL.utf8
ga_IE.utf8
gd_GB.utf8
gez_ER.utf8
gez_ER.utf8@abegede
gez_ET.utf8
gez_ET.utf8@abegede
gl_ES.utf8
gu_IN.utf8
gv_GB.utf8
hak_TW.utf8
ha_NG.utf8
he_IL.utf8
hif_FJ.utf8
hi_IN.utf8
hne_IN.utf8
hr_HR.utf8
hsb_DE.utf8
ht_HT.utf8
hu_HU.utf8
hy_AM.utf8
ia_FR.utf8
id_ID.utf8
ig_NG.utf8
ik_CA.utf8
is_IS.utf8
it_CH.utf8
it_IT.utf8
iu_CA.utf8
ja_JP.utf8
kab_DZ.utf8
ka_GE.utf8
kk_KZ.utf8
kl_GL.utf8
km_KH.utf8
kn_IN.utf8
kok_IN.utf8
ko_KR.utf8
ks_IN.utf8
ks_IN.utf8@devanagari
ku_TR.utf8
kw_GB.utf8
ky_KG.utf8
lb_LU.utf8
lg_UG.utf8
li_BE.utf8
lij_IT.utf8
li_NL.utf8
ln_CD.utf8
lo_LA.utf8
lt_LT.utf8
lv_LV.utf8
lzh_TW.utf8
mag_IN.utf8
mai_IN.utf8
mai_NP.utf8
mfe_MU.utf8
mg_MG.utf8
mhr_RU.utf8
mi_NZ.utf8
miq_NI.utf8
mjw_IN.utf8
mk_MK.utf8
ml_IN.utf8
mni_IN.utf8
mn_MN.utf8
mnw_MM.utf8
mr_IN.utf8
ms_MY.utf8
mt_MT.utf8
my_MM.utf8
nan_TW.utf8
nan_TW.utf8@latin
nb_NO.utf8
nds_DE.utf8
nds_NL.utf8
ne_NP.utf8
nhn_MX.utf8
niu_NU.utf8
niu_NZ.utf8
nl_AW.utf8
nl_BE.utf8
nl_NL.utf8
nn_NO.utf8
nr_ZA.utf8
nso_ZA.utf8
oc_FR.utf8
om_ET.utf8
om_KE.utf8
or_IN.utf8
os_RU.utf8
pa_IN.utf8
pap_AW.utf8
pap_CW.utf8
pa_PK.utf8
pl_PL.utf8
POSIX
ps_AF.utf8
pt_BR.utf8
pt_PT.utf8
quz_PE.utf8
raj_IN.utf8
ro_RO.utf8
ru_RU.utf8
ru_UA.utf8
rw_RW.utf8
sah_RU.utf8
sa_IN.utf8
sat_IN.utf8
sc_IT.utf8
sd_IN.utf8
sd_IN.utf8@devanagari
se_NO.utf8
sgs_LT.utf8
shn_MM.utf8
shs_CA.utf8
sid_ET.utf8
si_LK.utf8
sk_SK.utf8
sl_SI.utf8
sm_WS.utf8
so_DJ.utf8
so_ET.utf8
so_KE.utf8
so_SO.utf8
sq_AL.utf8
sq_MK.utf8
sr_ME.utf8
sr_RS.utf8
sr_RS.utf8@latin
ss_ZA.utf8
st_ZA.utf8
sv_FI.utf8
sv_SE.utf8
sw_KE.utf8
sw_TZ.utf8
szl_PL.utf8
ta_IN.utf8
ta_LK.utf8
tcy_IN.utf8
te_IN.utf8
tg_TJ.utf8
the_NP.utf8
th_TH.utf8
ti_ER.utf8
ti_ET.utf8
tig_ER.utf8
tk_TM.utf8
tl_PH.utf8
tn_ZA.utf8
to_TO.utf8
tpi_PG.utf8
tr_CY.utf8
tr_TR.utf8
ts_ZA.utf8
tt_RU.utf8
tt_RU.utf8@iqtelif
ug_CN.utf8
uk_UA.utf8
unm_US.utf8
ur_IN.utf8
ur_PK.utf8
uz_UZ.utf8
uz_UZ.utf8@cyrillic
ve_ZA.utf8
vi_VN.utf8
wa_BE.utf8
wae_CH.utf8
wal_ET.utf8
wo_SN.utf8
xh_ZA.utf8
yi_US.utf8
yo_NG.utf8
yue_HK.utf8
yuw_PG.utf8
zh_CN.utf8
zh_HK.utf8
zh_SG.utf8
zh_TW.utf8
zu_ZA.utf8
$ localectl
System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_NAME=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=fr_FR.UTF-8
VC Keymap: fr
X11 Layout: fr
Thank you for your help.