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Re: Locale problem in Debian



On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 14:33:55 -0700 (PDT), Ajitabh Pandey
<ajitabhpandey@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> It seems that I am facinf some locale related problem
> in Debian woody. whenever I do an apt-get on any
> package or run yahoo messenger or anjuta I get local
> related error messages. I run these programs through
> xterm.
> The message I received is:
> =================================<message>===========
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>    LANGUAGE = (unset),
>    LC_ALL = (unset),
>    LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
> are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale
> ("C").
> locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such
> file or direcory
> locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No
> such file or directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such
> file or directory
> =================================</message>===========
> 
> Can someone tell me how can I reset my locale values.
> I am using a UK keyboard layout. Interestingly under
> console the keyboard behaves like a UK keyboard, but
> under Xterms, rxvt, uxterm or any other X-application,
> it behaves like a US keyboard.
> I am using Window Maker.
> 
> Regards.
> Ajitabh Pandey
> 
> 

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and when it asks what keyboard layout
you want enter gb. Or just edit the file directly
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 in the keyboard section.

greets,
Wim



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