From 1128c5f3957d694eaa4401ab9d7d2d1a3ae72545 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: waal70 <myemail@myprovider.lol>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:28:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix locale errors and update motd to remove command that
 caused the 'TERM not set' error

---
 tasks/edit-journald.yml                |  2 ++
 tasks/main.yml                         |  3 +++
 tasks/set-locale.yml                   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 templates/etc/update-motd.d/11-welcome |  2 --
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tasks/set-locale.yml

diff --git a/tasks/edit-journald.yml b/tasks/edit-journald.yml
index 6a9058d..dd5aee4 100644
--- a/tasks/edit-journald.yml
+++ b/tasks/edit-journald.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     - { regexp: "^#?ForwardToSyslog", line: ForwardToSyslog=no }
     - { regexp: "^#?SystemMaxUse", line: SystemMaxUse=50M }
   notify: Restart systemd-journald
+  vars:
+    ansible_remote_tmp: /tmp # Prevent warnings for auto-created tmp dir
 
 # A succesful vacuum does impact log size, but is not considered a change
 - name: Vacuum journalctl before
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index fca6626..cc18040 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 # file: common/tasks/main.yml
+- name: Ensure there is a default locale set
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: set-locale.yml
+
 - name: Ensure required packages are present on systems
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: prereq-packages.yml
 
diff --git a/tasks/set-locale.yml b/tasks/set-locale.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e26575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/set-locale.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- name: Set default locale to en_US.UTF-8
+  ansible.builtin.debconf:
+    name: locales
+    question: locales/default_environment_locale
+    value: en_US.UTF-8
+    vtype: select
+
+- name: Set to generate locales
+  ansible.builtin.debconf:
+    name: locales
+    question: locales/locales_to_be_generated
+    value: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
+    vtype: multiselect
diff --git a/templates/etc/update-motd.d/11-welcome b/templates/etc/update-motd.d/11-welcome
index df6931e..a7649c3 100755
--- a/templates/etc/update-motd.d/11-welcome
+++ b/templates/etc/update-motd.d/11-welcome
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #  Args       : none
 ###############################################################
 
-clear
-
 printf "\nSystem managed by Ansible"
 
 printf "\nWelcome to "; lsb_release -ds