It appears localedef locks /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive the first time it runs but never unlocks it. ii libc0.3 2.3.1-5 part of output of apt-get --reinstall install locales: Generating locales... cs_CZ.UTF-8...cannot lock locale archive "/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive": Operation canceled During first install it generated only the first locale, all subsequent invocations failed. -- Michal Suchanek hramrach@centrum.cz