For the other reporters the problem seems to have been that the locale was configured in "environment", but not actually created. Installing language-pack-en will create the locale in /usr/lib/locales/.
Terry, thanks for reporting back. I close this bug now, since it is fixed for you, and it is not a general problem. ** Changed in: langpack-locales (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- 8.04 ignores etc/environment LANG= line https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222570 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs