Bug#153442: de_DE-8859-15 locale breaks Xwindows
At Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:11:29 +1100,
Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp> [2003-02-18 19:38]:
> > To: 153442@bugs.debian.org
> >
> > Is this problem still alive? I never heard such problem, but I think
> > the current sid does not cause your trouble.
>
> I hope you are aware that bugs sent to nnn@bugs.d.o are not actually
> forwarded to the bug submitter.
Ah, I forgot to send it to original submitter:
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> 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.
Marc,
Is this problem still alive? I never heard such problem, but I think
the current sid does not cause your trouble.
Regards,
-- gotom
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