OK, spotted that LANG issue. I should have left it alone in my .bashrc, that way it gets set to en_US.UTF-8 and the preinst script doesn't get confused.
** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- uninstallable on hardy: shell script error in preinst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221993 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs