Bug#153442: de_DE-8859-15 locale breaks Xwindows

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

> Package: locales
> Version: 2.2.5-6
> 
> Hi running an up to date (as of this writing) version of woody on PowerPC
> and x86, I noticed that if I change the default system locale, to
> de_DE-ISO-8859-15 (the @Euro one) by calling "dpkg-reconfigure -plow
> locales" and then rebooting, X becomes very slow. KDE Menu's appear with a
> huge delay and gtk based apps like xcdroast make the font server (xfs) go
> wild and use 99% of CPU.  xcdroast takes minutes to load and is unsuable.
> When starting xcdroast on the command line, it complains about not being
> able to find the default font with the correct encoding (ISO-8859-15). I
> believe that I have all the necessary xfonts installed. Setting the default
> locale back to ISO-8859-1 solves the problem however it is a compromise as
> 8859-15 should be used as it is aware of the Euro symbol.
> 
> Of course, I can provide more information on request.

Is this problem still alive? I never heard such problem, but I think
the current sid does not cause your trouble.

Regards,
-- gotom