perl and locale problem

nTia89 · 2012-04-20 20:50:00

hi,

i have that problem: when launch mimeopen (perl application) i get this warning

[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ mimeopen /tmp/test.txt 
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
	LANGUAGE = (unset),
	LC_ALL = (unset),
	LANG = "it_IT.utf8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").

any ideas on how solve it ?

thanks

nTia89 · 2012-04-20 20:57:27

also with other program i get similar behaviour:

[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ man tilda 
man: can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct
.....
[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ tilda --help

(process:4713): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
	Using the fallback 'C' locale.

karol · 2012-04-21 00:08:39

Please post the output of 'locale' and 'locale -a'.
You might need to set LC_ALL.

nTia89 · 2012-04-21 07:47:33

these are the outputs:

[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ 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=it_IT.utf8
LC_CTYPE="it_IT.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="it_IT.utf8"
LC_TIME="it_IT.utf8"
LC_COLLATE="it_IT.utf8"
LC_MONETARY="it_IT.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="it_IT.utf8"
LC_PAPER="it_IT.utf8"
LC_NAME="it_IT.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="it_IT.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="it_IT.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="it_IT.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="it_IT.utf8"
LC_ALL=
[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ 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
locale: Cannot set LC_COLLATE to default locale: No such file or directory
C
POSIX
en_GB.utf8

Last edited by nTia89 (2012-04-21 07:48:25)

karol · 2012-04-21 14:32:05

Uncomment the correct locale in /etc/locale.gen and run 'locale-gen' or switch to en_GB.utf8, which you have already uncommented.

nTia89 · 2012-04-21 15:00:16

what do you mean with "correct locale" ???

does it is a user settings ???

further info:
i have installed arch with it locale, then i switch to en_GB, should be this the problem ???

Gcool · 2012-04-21 15:32:33

You simply uncomment any locale you which to be using on your system in /etc/locale.gen and run "locale-gen" afterwards as karol mentioned.

Which locale have you set in /etc/rc.conf btw?

nTia89 · 2012-04-21 15:40:17

HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Rome"
KEYMAP="it"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
LOCALE="en_GB.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="yes"
USECOLOR="yes"

karol · 2012-04-23 13:18:01

Have you fixed this issue?

nTia89 · 2012-04-23 13:25:35

no, the issue could be related due to recently locale change ???
infact i've installed arch years ago with it_IT and recently i decided to switch to en_GB for the language and it for the keyboard layout.

i've already executed locale-gen but the problem persist ....

my rc.conf is up

karol · 2012-04-23 13:43:23

nTia89 wrote:

no, the issue could be related due to recently locale change ???

I don't think so.

nTia89 wrote:

infact i've installed arch years ago with it_IT and recently i decided to switch to en_GB for the language and it for the keyboard layout.

Are you exporting any locale settings in your .bashrc?
Please post the output of 'locale' and 'locale -a'.

nTia89 · 2012-04-23 14:20:08

same as before:

[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ 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
locale: Cannot set LC_COLLATE to default locale: No such file or directory
C
POSIX
en_GB.utf8

[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ 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=it_IT.utf8
LC_CTYPE="it_IT.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="it_IT.utf8"
LC_TIME="it_IT.utf8"
LC_COLLATE="it_IT.utf8"
LC_MONETARY="it_IT.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="it_IT.utf8"
LC_PAPER="it_IT.utf8"
LC_NAME="it_IT.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="it_IT.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="it_IT.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="it_IT.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="it_IT.utf8"
LC_ALL=

[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ cat .bashrc 
#
# ~/.bashrc
#

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '

# Aliases
alias rm='rm -v'
alias rmdir='rmdir -pv'
alias cp='cp -v'
alias mv='mv -v'
alias mkdir='mkdir -pv'
alias df='df -hT'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias ls='ls -alh --color=auto'
alias upp='yaourt -Syu --aur'
alias rem='sudo pacman -R'
alias inst='sudo pacman -S'
alias instu='sudo pacman -U'
alias yy='yaourt'
alias aur='yaourt -G'
alias build='makepkg -s PKGBUILD'
alias abs='mkdir abs && cd abs && ABSROOT="." abs'
alias rmsvn='find . -depth -name .svn -type d -exec rm -fr {} \;'
alias isomount='mount -o loop'
alias wget='wget -c'
alias ping='ping -c 5'
alias nethogs='sudo nethogs eth0'
alias mkvmerge-gui='mmg'
alias lsusb.py='lsusb.py -c'
alias pkgfile='pkgfile -gv'
alias htop='htop -s PERCENT_CPU'
alias chown='chown -R -v'
alias chgrp='chown -R -v'
alias chmod='chmod -R -v'
alias swapoff='swapoff -v'
alias swapon='swapon -v'
alias pkgfile='sudo pkgfile'

# Export variables
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
        export BROWSER='firefox'
        export EDITOR='geany'
        export VISUAL='geany'
else
        export BROWSER='links'
        export EDITOR='nano'
        export VISUAL='nano'
fi
export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-office10/"
export WINEARCH='win32'
export WINEDLLOVERRIDES='winemenubuilder.exe=d'
export _JAVA_OPTIONS='-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd -Dswing.aatext=true -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel'

# Complete
complete -cf sudo
complete -cf man
complete -cf info
complete -cf pkill
complete -cf kill
complete -cf killall
complete -cf gdb
complete -cf time
complete -cf watch

karol · 2012-04-23 14:43:56

Do you have any other files that set locale, like /etc/locale.conf or /etc/bash.bashrc.local?
Try exporting LC_LANG in your .bashrc.

A similar thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138467

nTia89 · 2012-04-23 15:09:59

no similar file:

ls /etc | grep locale
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   9.1K Apr 20 17:53 locale.gen

--- NEWS --- NEWS --- NEWS ---

trying with SLiM instead GDM, all seem ok:

[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ locale
LANG=
LC_CTYPE="POSIX"
LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
LC_TIME="POSIX"
LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
LC_MONETARY="POSIX"
LC_MESSAGES="POSIX"
LC_PAPER="POSIX"
LC_NAME="POSIX"
LC_ADDRESS="POSIX"
LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX"
LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX"
LC_ALL=
[mattia@arch-desktop ~]$ locale -a
C
POSIX
en_GB.utf8

is right ???

Last edited by nTia89 (2012-04-23 16:07:43)

fallen00sniper · 2013-03-09 20:01:29

this helped me, apparently when installing i did not edit the correct file, as my locale.gen did not have en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 uncommented and removing the comment and locale-gen fixed my issue, thanks.

daba · 2013-10-20 22:04:23

I just had a very similar issue. Please consider checking the following files if you run into this issue:

/etc/locale.conf

Sets the default system locale. Typing locale should reflect that value.

Make sure that you have the exact corresponding value uncommented in

/etc/locale.gen

And run locale-gen afterwards. Also, make sure you don't change your locale e.g. in your .bashrc or .profile scripts to an invalid value.

@fallen00sniper: Please mark as resolved.

fukawi2 · 2013-10-20 22:16:11

A lot has changed since April 2012. Please leave the dead to rest in peace: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.22

Closing.

ewaller · 2013-10-20 22:21:33

daba wrote:

@fallen00sniper: Please mark as resolved.

He cannot. He is not the original poster. The moderators don't do it, because we would not presume to know when and if another's thread is, or is not, solved.

I will, however close this old thread

Edit: That is what I get for stepping away while posting for a few minutes.

Last edited by ewaller (2013-10-20 22:23:30)

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perl and locale problem

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