dpkg-reconfigure locales is not meticulous enough. That's the reason why I want to set the default locale by myself.
2011/11/18 Marlon Nunes <mcnu...@gmail.com> > do a: dpkg-reconfigure locales > choose your default locale and that's it. > reboot. > > Em 18-11-2011 02:11, shiyao ma escreveu: > >> I am now using Debian/Sid with display manager lightdm and desktop >> manager xfce4. >> I used to edit /etc/environment and add export LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8. >> Now It doesn't work. >> When I have logged into XFCE4, the output of locale -a is >> LC_CTYE=en_US.UTF-8 >> Later, I edited /etc/default/locale, adding one line: export >> LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8. However, the locale is still LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8. >> I also did that in /etc/profile, and failed either. >> >> I am now curious about the way the system source *.sh in the boot up >> session. >> My question is :What's the proper way of setting LC_CTYPE? >> (Plus, if I add export LC_ALL=zh_CN.UTF-8 in /etc/default/locale, it >> will work, but this is not what I want. Further more, I think the file >> /etc/default/locale shouldn't be edited, as it is generated by the >> software and maybe overwritten.) >> >> Thanks. >> -- >> My gpg pubring is available via: gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net >> <http://subkeys.pgp.net> --recv-keys 307CF736 >> >> More on: http://about.me/introom >> >> >> > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.org<debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org>with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/**4ec63404.5070...@gmail.com<http://lists.debian.org/4ec63404.5070...@gmail.com> > > -- My gpg pubring is available via: gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net--recv-keys 307CF736 More on: http://about.me/introom
