Kernel fun => dreaded "locale not supported" problem

[David Abrahams]

"Gérard BIGOT" <gerard.bigot at gmail.com> writes:

> 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...

I see the locales being rebuilt, but it has no effect on my problem.
In fact, I'm pretty sure locale-gen is called by "dpkg-reconfigure
locales."

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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