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#1 2013-03-25 03:52:49

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Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

I just installed Arch on my new machine and I wrote:

==> /etc/locale.conf
LANG=es_CL.utf-8
# LANG=es_CL.UTF-8 (I've tried with both).

after uncommenting it on /etc/locale.gen and running # locale-gen

(I basically followed every step in the wiki).

No matter what I do when I start any terminal, I found the locale commands output:

$ ~ 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=

I found that if I open a tty, the /etc/profile.d/locale.sh is ran so, the locales are correct and locale shows the correct output.

The weirdest thing is that my old machine doesn't load locale.sh, and still the locale it's right.

I've search a lot through the wiki and bbs and even when there are couple of articles, none of them help me to solve this issue :(.

I'm running my session through systemd --user (in case it means anything).

EDIT: Add more info.
EDIT2: Fix typo

Last edited by pablox (2013-03-25 13:19:42)


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#2 2013-03-25 06:35:51

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

Try es_CL.UTF-8  (utf-8 is case sensitive).

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#3 2013-03-25 11:39:08

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

I should have specified that I tried with both without success.


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#4 2013-03-25 12:48:19

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

pablox,
In /etc/locale.conf it should be:

LANG=es_CL.UTF-8

not

LANG=es_CL.UTF.8

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#5 2013-03-25 13:19:08

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

Sorry, that was a typo writing it here D:, I actually tried with:

LANG=es_CL.utf-8

and

LANG=es_CL.UTF-8

I modified (again) the post to reflect this.


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#6 2013-03-25 14:11:40

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

Just tested:

% su -
# vim /etc/locale.gen
# egrep -v '^#|^$' /etc/locale.gen
es_CL.UTF-8 UTF-8  
# echo LANG=es_CL.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
# locale-gen
Generating locales...
  es_CL.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.

and after reboot:

% locale
LANG=es_CL.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="es_CL.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

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#7 2013-03-25 14:17:45

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

Well, I did that but doesn't work =/. I'm using zsh, so I don't know if has something to do.


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#8 2013-03-25 14:25:52

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

Try adding

source /etc/profile

to your .zshrc


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#9 2013-03-25 15:22:17

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

According to the wiki:

/etc/profile is not a part of the regular list of startup files run for Zsh, but is sourced from /etc/zsh/zprofile in the zsh package.

So, in theory, it should be loaded right?

@mah0

Are you using bash or zsh? Can you tell me if you are sourcing .zprofile or forcing /etc/profile?

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#10 2013-03-25 15:34:33

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

Looks like it is, I removed it from my .zshrc and nothing changed.

Could you check whether es_CL.UTF-8 is actually listed as an available locale?

localectl list-locales

And if so, whether it's correctly set

localectl status

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#11 2013-03-25 15:58:11

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

pablox,
I'm using zsh. I just followed steps in the "Beginners' Guide" and I didn't add anything to ".zprofile" or "/etc/profile".

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#12 2013-03-26 23:53:03

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

WorMzy wrote:

Looks like it is, I removed it from my .zshrc and nothing changed.

Could you check whether es_CL.UTF-8 is actually listed as an available locale?

localectl list-locales

And if so, whether it's correctly set

localectl status
 $ localectl list-locales
en_US.utf8
es_CL.utf8

$ localectl status
   System Locale: LANG=es_CL.UTF-8
                  LC_COLLATE=C
                  LC_MESSAGES=C
       VC Keymap: la-latin1
      X11 Layout: n/a

$ 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=
$

Ô_o

I have removed an empty ~/.zprofile just in case but the issue persist. Running an empty zsh shell (with zsh -f) doesn't work either.

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#13 2013-03-27 01:08:20

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

Have you tried actually setting the locale with localectl?

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#14 2013-03-28 00:54:32

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

`localectl` just add the locale to the /etc/locale.conf file, nothing else. Besides, localectl point the status is ok. On my old computer I have the same settings, so I don't understand why is changing it here =/.


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#15 2013-04-01 23:42:07

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Re: Cannot set locale (ignored from /etc/locale.conf)

I managed to find the issue. It's just about the zsh wiki page incorrectly states:

/etc/zsh/zprofile it's ONLY loaded if you ran it through a login shell, so just opening a terminal in the DE/WM doesn't work sad.

The only difference from my old laptop is that its running xfce + xmonad, while this one it's only running xmonad so I guess xfce was actually making sure and fixing the locale. The other alternative it's that it's systemd (I'm opening my session trough systemd --user).


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