`localectl` can't find the `xkb` x11-keymap files

[ahydronous]

Describe the bug

localectl is unable to locate keymap files.

localectl list-x11-keymap-+models, layouts, variants all result in the error Failed to open keyboard mapping list. No such file or directory

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1.localectl list-x11-keymap-layouts

Expected behavior

A list of the available keyboard layouts etc. should be printed.

Additional context

This is probably a problem with an absolute path vs nixOS its folder structure

Notify maintainers

@flokli @kloenk

Metadata

Please run nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" and paste the result.

[user@system:~]$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.11.0, NixOS, 24.11 (Vicuna), 24.11pre681973.99dc8785f6a0`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.18.5`
 - channels(root): `"nixos, unstable"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

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[libewa]

yup. this also applies to list-x11-keymap-variants. however, completion for setxkbmap works. localectl set-x11-keymap correctly errors about not being able to change settings on nixos