On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 10:10:45PM -0500, Gremlin wrote: > On 2/26/24 20:28, Gary Dale wrote: > > > > > > $locale > > > > > > locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such > > > > > > file or directory > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > LANG=iu_CA.UTF-8 > > > > > > LANGUAGE=en_GB > > > > > > LC_CTYPE="iu_CA.UTF-8" > > > > > > LC_NUMERIC=en_CA.UTF-8 > > > > > > LC_TIME=en_CA.UTF-8 > > > > > > LC_COLLATE=en_CA.UTF-8 > > > > > > LC_MONETARY=en_CA.UTF-8 > > > > > > LC_MESSAGES="iu_CA.UTF-8" > > > > > > LC_PAPER="iu_CA.UTF-8" > > > > > > LC_NAME="iu_CA.UTF-8" > > > > > > LC_ADDRESS="iu_CA.UTF-8" > > > > > > LC_TELEPHONE="iu_CA.UTF-8" > > > > > > LC_MEASUREMENT=en_CA.UTF-8 > > > > > > LC_IDENTIFICATION="iu_CA.UTF-8" > > > > > > LC_ALL=
> > $locale -a > > locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory > > locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory > > C > > C.utf8 > > en_CA.utf8 > > en_US.utf8 > > fr_CA.utf8 > > POSIX > > > > > > Find out where LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES is being set, they need changed. No, you're not reading it correctly. Look at LANG. Look at the double quotes around LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES (among others). LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES are *not* set. They are deduced from LANG. It's LANG that has the weird setting. All of the other iu_CA entries are double-quoted, so they are derived from it. > If it was me, I would set /etc/default/locale to > # File generated by update-locale > LANG=C.UTF-8 > > and remove all references/assignments to any LC_<what ever> in all shell > config files. > > then reboot and do a locale -a Rebooting doesn't do anything useful here. Simply logging out and back in would be sufficient. But there are two points of view here: 1) Why is Gary using locales that are not generated? 2) Why is Gary using *these specific* locales? I think you're approaching it from the point of view of "your settings are wrong, but you don't know where the settings are coming from, so find out, and fix them". Which is one valid POV. Another valid POV is "the settings are set the way Gary wants them, but the locales aren't generated, so generate them, and then it'll work". Only Gary can tell us which of these is the right approach. Maybe he's a fluent Inuktitut speaker. All I can say is that it's hard to believe that someone would *accidentally* have LANG set to iu_CA.UTF-8. Usually that's the kind of thing one would remember doing.
