From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OSUkM-0007pL-3q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:44:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 94316E0930; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:44:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.104]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC334E0930 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:44:00 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqoGAGaTJUx8qO/9/2dsb2JhbACSe4wvcb9CgngBgisEg2SDAYNP X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,486,1272816000"; d="scan'208";a="570673359" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.168.239.253]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 26 Jun 2010 20:43:58 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id B15421CF3FBB for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:43:58 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Gh95cdQQnx+B for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:43:55 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.44.2] (rattus [192.168.44.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C30F1CCB5E2 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:43:55 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Questions regarding the usage of multiple locales From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <201006261338.59975.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <1277169274.32558.6.camel@ianto-gentoo-amd.home> <201006261359.07852.wonko@wonkology.org> <1277554838.8753.26.camel@rattus> <201006261338.59975.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Organization: Home in Perth! Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:43:54 +0800 Message-ID: <1277556234.8753.29.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.1.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3f0c2fc7-4206-406d-816f-c753fa4acebb X-Archives-Hash: f27edefa47a3742585c0d26b69f548a0 On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 13:38 +0100, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 26 June 2010 13:20:38 William Kenworthy wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 13:59 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > > > Mick writes: > > > > On Saturday 26 June 2010 12:10:02 Alex Schuster wrote: > > > > > Your aterm is configured as a login shell, and as such reads > > > > You might want to read this and set up your locales properly. > > > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml > > Thanks Bill, that's where I started, but I am getting confused with the way my > system and various terminals respond to the suggested files/settings. > > The only way to see the locales I entered in /etc/env.d/02locale is by > launching a terminal (aterm, xterm, urxvt) and 'su -' to root. In all other > cases US locales seem to take over (although the LANG setting appears to be > working). Could it be your desktop overiding the basics? - gnome or kde perhaps? Also check the login manager (I use GDM and there is a language setting for the login there.) BillK