anaconda didn't know how to deal with LANG=C. So if we have LANG=C, just treat it like we had no LANG set: reset to DEFAULT_LANG. Just to be sure, use TTYReset=yes in anaconda.service, which will make systemd reset the terminal to sane (and unicode-ready) settings. Finally, emit the magic control sequence to set UTF-8 output, which fixes the line-drawing characters in text-mode virtual terminals. --- anaconda | 5 +++++ data/systemd/anaconda.service | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/anaconda b/anaconda index 4fcc6b8..ae23d4f 100755 --- a/anaconda +++ b/anaconda @@ -643,6 +643,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__": iutil.execWithRedirect("localedef", ["-i", deflang, "-f", defcode, DEFAULT_LANG]) + # to set UTF8 mode on the terminal, we need LANG to be set usefully + if os.environ.get("LANG", "C") == "C": + os.environ['LANG'] = DEFAULT_LANG + print "\033%G" # UTF8 power go! + import gettext _ = lambda x: gettext.ldgettext("anaconda", x) diff --git a/data/systemd/anaconda.service b/data/systemd/anaconda.service index 8e853aa..45061cc 100644 --- a/data/systemd/anaconda.service +++ b/data/systemd/anaconda.service @@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ Wants=instperf.service rsyslog.service udev-settle.service NetworkManager.servic After=instperf.service rsyslog.service udev-settle.service NetworkManager.service [Service] -Environment=HOME=/root MALLOC_CHECK_=2 MALLOC_PERTURB_=204 PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/bin:/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin:/mnt/sysimage/usr/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/sbin PYTHONPATH=/tmp/updates TERM=linux +Environment=HOME=/root MALLOC_CHECK_=2 MALLOC_PERTURB_=204 PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/bin:/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin:/mnt/sysimage/usr/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/sbin PYTHONPATH=/tmp/updates Type=oneshot WorkingDirectory=/root ExecStart=/usr/sbin/anaconda StandardInput=tty-force +TTYReset=yes TimeoutSec=0 -- 1.7.7.6 _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list