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 1MPNxU-0001hH-PC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:48:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9AF70E0475; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:48:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53B7BE0475 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:48:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 10 Jul 2009 22:48:41 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (unknown [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4449E137C0F for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:48:37 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <6DF38B2C-68C3-4B3A-8AC2-9F4E1990218A@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: [gentoo-user] LC_ locale settings for UK / GB. Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:48:36 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) X-Archives-Salt: aca7f758-2866-4377-8123-2086cdd728ff X-Archives-Hash: cf370b6b2772ecd5bb80b4c49a7369eb Hi there, I want to try burning a DVD using k3b and when it starts up it complains: System locale charset is ANSI_X3.4-1968 Your system's locale charset (i.e. the charset used to encode filenames) is set to ANSI_X3.4-1968. It is highly unlikely that this has been done intentionally. Most likely the locale is not set at all. An invalid setting will result in problems when creating data projects. Solution: To properly set the locale charset make sure the LC_* environment variables are set. Normally the distribution setup tools take care of this. Googling "LC_* environment variables" turns up this doc: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml#doc_chap3 I assume this document is correct & up to date? (and is not superseded by the LINGUAS="en_GB en" that I have in make.conf) This doc refers to a /etc/env.d/02locale file - I assume I have to create that by hand? The file does not exist at present. I guess this is the kind of thing I'd kinda expect you to create by symlinking to / usr/share/linguas/England or something. Finally, does anyone have the correct LANG and LC_COLLATE settings for the United Kingdom, please? I assume that again something starting "en_GB" is used. Do I need to set ALL LC_* variables (the guide lists 9 of them) or just those 2? This server is headless, so I'm using X11 over ssh - kcontrol's left- hand pane is blank. Thanks in advance for any help, Stroller.