Hi ! I just got Linux (Mandrake 6.0/KDE) running on my home-PC. Purpose = to do some simple Perl/PHP scripting and test before shipping it to our Intranetserver at my work (which is run by professional Solaris gurus....:-). I posted the problem below to a Perl group since I thought it was Perl problems, but got a nice and quick answer that it was Linux related. Problem : Perl should be installed in the Mandrake installation (I think) and seems to be (?) but the perl -v command returns: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = "se_SE", LANG = "se" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-linux.... ....... and it continues with the greeting text (6-7 lines)I read in my Linux/Perl books for beginners. Now ....what is the "locale" problem and what do I do? Where do I check and set?? Seems to me to have something to do with my choice of language during installation ( I picked my lang = swedish since it was an installation option...probably shouldn´t have or what do you think...) TIA Staffan -- Staffan Gustavsson, Dept of Thoracic Radiology Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg Sweden tel: 46 31 3421703, fax: 46 31 412897, pager via operator 46 31 3421000, pager number 7635. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]