这个问题解决了。我参考debian-user-list中一个西班牙人的做法，
把环境变量设置成：
LC_ALL = "zh_CN",
LC_CTYPE = "GB2312",
LANG = "zh_CN.GB2312"
这个错误提示就没有了。
但是我不明白为什么，谁能帮我解释一下？
另外，虽然错误提示没有了，可是中文显示还是不对，gnome进去全是乱码。
xsim毫无反应，执行xsim就象泥牛入海，音信皆无。zhcon下也不能显示中
文的文件名。
======= 2002-07-29 15:14:00 您在来信中写道：=======
>各位好！
> 我新装的woody,perl运行时报告：
>
> Perl: Warning: Setting locale failed.
> Perl: Warning: Please check that your loacle settings:
> LANGUAGE = (unset),
> LC_ALL = "zh_CN.GB2312",
> LC_CTYPE = "zh_CN.GB2312",
> LANG = "zh_CN.GB2312"
> are supported and installed on your system.
> Perl: Warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
>
> 我已经安装了Locale，设置了/etc/locale.gen,并用locale-gen产生了
>GB2312和UTF-8两个locale。相关的环境变量也按照debian-chinese-fag
>作了设置，还需要做什么？
>
> 刚刚发现，新装的xsim运行时也报告can't set locale.
>
> 致
>礼！
>
>
> Eric.Hu
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> 2002-07-29
>
>
>
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