Tested on a pristine UC24 built with a custom `core24` base that uses noble-proposed instead of noble-updates, and ran the same sequence of commands (updating locale, rebooting, ensuring it was the same)
$ systemctl --version systemd 255 (255.4-1ubuntu8.6) +PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +APPARMOR +IMA +SMACK +SECCOMP +GCRYPT -GNUTLS +OPENSSL +ACL +BLKID +CURL +ELFUTILS +FIDO2 +IDN2 -IDN +IPTC +KMOD +LIBCRYPTSETUP +LIBFDISK +PCRE2 -PWQUALITY +P11KIT +QRENCODE +TPM2 +BZIP2 +LZ4 +XZ +ZLIB +ZSTD -BPF_FRAMEWORK -XKBCOMMON +UTMP +SYSVINIT default-hierarchy=unified $ localectl status System Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8 VC Keymap: (unset) X11 Layout: (unset) $ sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 $ localectl status System Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 VC Keymap: (unset) X11 Layout: (unset) $ cat /etc/locale.conf LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 $ sudo reboot $ localectl status System Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 VC Keymap: (unset) X11 Layout: (unset) Things are looking good! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2091657 Title: systemd-localed requires read-only-etc hacks for /etc/vconsole.conf and /etc/locale.conf To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/2091657/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs