Kernel fun => dreaded "locale not supported" problem

[Gérard BIGOT]

On 8/20/06, David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> wrote:
>
> I'm getting a problem I've seen before, and that has been posted about
> all over the web, but to which I can't find a solution that works.
>
> When starting gdm, I get the following:
>
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>       LANGUAGE = "en_US:en_GB:en",
>       LC_ALL = (unset),
>       LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
>
>   are supported and installed on your system
>
>
> Inside Gnome, if I type, e.g.
>
>        $ gedit
>
> I get
>
>   Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
>      Using the fallback 'C' locale
>
> I know I can workaround this by setting LC_ALL=C, but from what I
> hear, it's not the right fix.
>
> Also not a fix:
>
>      sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
>
> (no effect)
>
> How did I get myself in this pickle?  I installed the 2.6.17 kernel
> image from the edgy eft repository.  Then I removed it.
>
> I'm beginning to think the only way out is a full reinstall, as that's
> the only thing I've seen that works for others with my problem.  And
> that just shouldn't be the case.  Help, please, somebody?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
sudo locale-gen woks for me. You'll see the faulty locales being rebuilt...

G