error when run "localectl set-locale" in PVE 9.0

[nethub]

Hi all,

I've been configuring the locale on my PVE host to display time in 24-hour format. After installing PVE 9.0, I noticed that I can no longer set the locale. Can anyone provide guidance on this issue? Many thanks

# localectl set-locale LANG=C
Failed to issue method call: Access denied

For reference, the same command works without issues on PVE 8.4, AlmaLinux 10, and Debian 13.

 

[mataga]

Hi,

Found this thread when searching having the same issue. Seems that `localectl` is not to be used on Debian, and I hade to resort to `update-locale` instead.

https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg2043020.html

 

[leesteken]

Thanks! I always used dpkg-reconfigure locales but that does not work on PVE 9 anymore.

 

[nethub]

Thank you mataga, I confirmed "update-locale LANG=C" is working, thank you.

 

[Bauer.M]

Moin, kann dies ebenfalls bestätigen. Funktioniert.
Unter Debian 13 sind auch nicht mehr alle Sprachen per Default verfügbar. Die jeweilige muss erst generiert werden.

/etc/locale.gen

# This file lists locales that you wish to have built. You can find a list
# of valid supported locales at /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED, and you can add
# user defined locales to /usr/local/share/i18n/SUPPORTED. If you change
# this file, you need to rerun locale-gen.
#

# C.UTF-8 UTF-8
de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

Entsprechende Sprache auskommentieren und dann generieren:

# locale-gen

Anschließend kann diese auch gesetzt werden.

# update-locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8