On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 23:32:07 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 09:09:11AM -0400, Hugh Lawson wrote: > > Put this entry into /etc/environment > > > > LANG="en_US.iso885915" > > > > With this setting, on my system, the 'locale' command produces this > > output: > > > > LANG=en_US.iso885915 > > LC_CTYPE="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_NUMERIC="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_TIME="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_COLLATE="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_MONETARY="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_MESSAGES="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_PAPER="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_NAME="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_ADDRESS="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.iso885915" > > LC_ALL= > > I think the canonical way to set the locale is > 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' > > Do you have to put that setting in /etc/environment?
AFAIK, /etc/environment is deprecated. If you choose to set up a system-wide default setting with "dpkg-reconfigure locales" (the last dialog option) then it will be saved in /etc/default/locale. You can change this file afterwards, but you should only set locales that have been generated on your system. To have user-specific settings, you can export the corresponding environmental variables in the startup scripts of your $SHELL and/or desktop environment. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]