Locale can't be changed in Warty

[Giovanni Sce]

In my case (general locale change) worked only after reboot...

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Quoting thomas <tom_hoary at web.de>:

> Hello,
>
> I still wonder why it isn't possible to change locale settings in Warty!
>
> Currently locale is set to:
>
> LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_ALL=
>
> I'm trying to switch to  de_DE at euro ISO-8859-15, by doing:
>
> 1) dpkg-reconfigure locales
> 2) selecting de_DE at euro ISO-8859-15
> 3) running locale-gen
> 4) test: locale
>
> Is this not the preferred method to change locale settings in Warty?
>
> There is some curiosity in the /etc/locale-gen file, that is labelled by
> Nautilus as type= Genesis-ROM, mime type: application/x-genesis-rom.
>
> Hmm, I've never seen such a beast before (have to admit that I never
> looked for)! So I ask myself if this might be the source of all current
> locale related troubles on my Warty box!
> Does anyone have an idea regarding this issue?
>
> Greetings
>
> Thomas
>
>
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