Use the current layout instead of the us layout (#2495)

* use the current layout instead of the us layout

* fix linting erros and add exception handling for SysCommand

archinstall/lib/locale/locale_menu.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Dict, Any, TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 
-from .utils import list_keyboard_languages, list_locales, set_kb_layout
+from .utils import list_keyboard_languages, list_locales, set_kb_layout, get_kb_layout
 from ..menu import Selector, AbstractSubMenu, MenuSelectionType, Menu
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ class LocaleConfiguration:
 
 	@staticmethod
 	def default() -> 'LocaleConfiguration':
-		return LocaleConfiguration('us', 'en_US', 'UTF-8')
+		layout = get_kb_layout()
+		if layout == "":
+			return LocaleConfiguration('us', 'en_US', 'UTF-8')
+		return LocaleConfiguration(layout, 'en_US', 'UTF-8')
 
 	def json(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
 		return {

archinstall/lib/locale/utils.py

@@ -44,6 +44,30 @@ def verify_x11_keyboard_layout(layout :str) -> bool:
 	return False
 
 
+def get_kb_layout() -> str:
+	try:
+		lines = SysCommand(
+			"localectl --no-pager status",
+			environment_vars={'SYSTEMD_COLORS': '0'}
+		).decode().splitlines()
+	except:
+		return ""
+
+	vcline = ""
+	for line in lines:
+		if "VC Keymap: " in line:
+			vcline = line
+
+	if vcline == "":
+		return ""
+
+	layout = vcline.split(": ")[1]
+	if not verify_keyboard_layout(layout):
+		return ""
+
+	return layout
+
+
 def set_kb_layout(locale :str) -> bool:
 	if len(locale.strip()):
 		if not verify_keyboard_layout(locale):