[Bug 2030788] Re: "localectl set-x11-keymap" doesn't work in mantic

[Nick Rosbrook]

> Also, it appears that bug referenced in the commit message (#1038762)
does not exist. Is this a typo or a private bug?

This is a Debian bug number: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038762. However, the broader change here is that
Debian (and now in Ubuntu), we stopped carrying a patch that had support
for Debian specific config files (/etc/default/keyboard,
/etc/default/locale, etc.). Ultimately, we would like to be able to just
use /etc/vconsole.conf, but things are not there yet, and this error
message is a stop-gap to indicate that.

I will check in with Debian maintainers on this. In the mean time, I
guess it would be best for cloud-init to use Debian-specific ways to
update the keyboard layout, i.e. see
https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lunar/en/man5/keyboard.5.html.

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1038762
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038762

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)

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Title:
  "localectl set-x11-keymap" doesn't work in mantic

Status in cloud-init package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On the raspi arm64 server image, I used to use cloud-init's keyboard
  module to set my keyboard to GB by default. However, on mantic
  localectl (which the keyboard module uses) is now reporting:

    $ localectl set-x11-keymap gb pc105
    Setting X11 and console keymaps is not supported in Debian

  So ... how do I get my £ key by default now? Or should this be filed
  against systemd as well?

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