> Here's a hint at the source of the problem: > http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/locale/ > " > XFree86 Xlib calls setlocale(3), but with values in > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/. If you - particularly after an upgrade - get > a "Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C", then have a > look into locale.alias in that directory and adjust it, in case. > (Details from Olav Kvittem.) > " > > ... > > The /usr/share/X11/locale dir contains these files: > compose.dir > locale.alias > locale.dir
adding the requisite/ corresponding lines for my custom chosen locale into each of the above 3 files, namely /usr/share/X11/locale/compose.dir /usr/share/X11/locale/locale.alias /usr/share/X11/locale/locale.dir handles the X/X11/xterm etc problem - I think in particular it is the /usr/share/X11/locale/locale.alias file which must be updated for xlib to not spew out its error. Works for me. Conclusion for me: these files either need to be auto updated by /usr/sbin/locale-gen , or a big command line WARNING ought be displayed suggesting to the end user who has changed (customized) their locale, to update those files to ensure X can find the specifics/ overridden data thingies that it needs. Would be nice to have.
