diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-grub-2.6.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/update-grub e-smith-grub-2.6.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/update-grub
--- e-smith-grub-2.6.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/update-grub	2021-04-16 23:31:02.748000000 -0400
+++ e-smith-grub-2.6.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/update-grub	2021-04-16 23:32:25.385000000 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use esmith::ConfigDB;
+
+my $c = esmith::ConfigDB->open_ro or die "Could not open Config DB";
+my $sysconfig = $c->get('sysconfig') or die "Missing db entry sysconfig";
+my $locale = $sysconfig->prop('Language') || "en_US.UTF-8";
+my $orilang=$ENV{LANG};
+
+# here we force the environement as it is empty if launched by server-manager
+if ( ! defined $ENV{LANG}|| $ENV{LANG}eq "" ||  $ENV{LANG} eq "C") {
+  $ENV{LANG}=$locale;
+}
+
 my $grubpath;
 
 if (-e "/sys/firmware/efi") {
@@ -11,3 +23,4 @@
 
 system("/usr/sbin/grub2-mkconfig", "-o", $grubpath) == 0
   or die("Unable to update grub2\n");
+$ENV{LANG}=$orilang;