(I'm ruthlessly snipping here) > From what I can tell, the default system environment is set in > /etc/environment (LANG=C, etc.).
yes the default is C, not en_US as was mentioned earlier.... > So I changed the system environment back to C. As root, '# locale' gives > me all "=C", but, for my basic user account, '$ locale' still gives me > "LC_*=en_US.UTF-8". What version you using? If you're in unstable dpkg reconfigure locales won't do it. You have to also do this: Copied and paste from: http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/language.phtml (which is about installing multilingual search engines) Once you're sure the locale is installed updatedb to update the database of file names and then locate LC_CTYPE. Still don't have the *&@!! LC_CTYPE? No fear! (At least no fear if you're on debian.) When I installed locales on Woody + unstable my libc6 and libc6-dev packages were upgraded (I don't know what this means either, but stay with me). If you're running Woody + stable you should have no problems. To fix Woody + unstable you need to compile the locale definitions file manually (for each locale). I used this: localedef -v -c -i fr_CA -f UTF-8 /usr/lib/locale/fr_CA -v verbose -c force: output files even if there are warnings -i use this input file -f character map file /usr/lib/locale/fr_CA where to put the new file -- Emma Jane Hogbin [[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
