Bug#1111214: installation-reports: after install there is no localization and only C.UTF-8 locale is set
Package: installation-reports
Severity: grave
Tags: d-i l10n a11y
X-Debbugs-Cc: mckaygerhard@gmail.com
Boot method: DVD
Image version:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/13.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-13.0.0-amd64-lxde.iso
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/13.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-13.0.0-amd64-mate.iso
Date: 15-aug-2025
Machine: Qemu 1 CPU, 4G on DELL optiplex 7070 MT (Debian 12); storage on RAW image
Partitions: MBR all on one partition
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 937748 0 937748 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 202124 976 201148 1% /run
/dev/vda1 ext4 13349164 10390476 2258784 83% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1010612 0 1010612 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 8 5112 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 1024 0 1024 0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs tmpfs 1010612 12 1010600 1% /tmp
tmpfs tmpfs 1024 0 1024 0% /run/credentials/getty@tty1.service
tmpfs tmpfs 202120 108 202012 1% /run/user/1000
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect media: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
After installing in **speech synthesizer mode**,
on first login, All the debian installation is only in English.
Graphical installer also let me in same situation.
Expert mode also let me in same situation
I have marked the case as grave because for people who are blind or visually impaired
it leaves them in an irreparable situation since they cannot find a way to put the system
in an understandable language. (Mean must run several commands in terminal, due
assistive tech only speech in english)
ADITIONAL INFO
During install i choose expert mode and setup localization:
Language Spanish
Localization America/Panama
locales LANG=es_PA.UTF-8
After install this is the resulting env
general@venenux:~$ su -l
Password:
root@venenux:~# env | grep LC
root@venenux:~# env | grep LANG
LANG=C.UTF-8
The Package locales version is 2.41-12
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.38+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU thread; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages locales depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.91
ii libc-bin 2.41-12
ii libc-l10n 2.41-12
locales recommends no packages.
locales suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
locales/default_environment_locale: None
locales/locales_to_be_generated:
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