[Solved] UTF-8 locale-gen not working

Question

$ cat /etc/locale.conf
Lang=en_CA.UTF-8
$ locale -a
C
POSIX
en_CA.utf8
$ locale
LANG=C
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_PAPER="C"
LC_NAME="C"
LC_ADDRESS="C"
LC_TELEPHONE="C"
LC_MEASUREMENT="C"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"
LC_ALL=
$ cat /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
#!/bin/sh
unset LANG LC_CTYPE LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME LC_COLLATE LC_MONETARY LC_MESSAGES \
LC_PAPER LC_NAME LC_ADDRESS LC_TELEPHONE LC_MEASUREMENT"LC_IDENTIFICATION
if [ -n "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" ] && [ -r "XDG_CONFIG_HOME/locale.conf" ]; then
. "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/locale.conf"
elif [ -n $HOME ] && [ -r $HOME/.config/locale.conf ]; then
. "$HOME/.config/locale.conf"
elif [ -r /etc/locale.conf ]; then
. /etc/locale.conf
elif [ -r /etc/rc.conf ]; then
LANG=$(. /etc/rc.conf 2>/dev/null; echo "$LOCALE")
fi
export LANG="${LANG:-C}"
[ -n "$LC_CTYPE" ] $$ export LC_CTYPE
[ -n "$LC_NUMERIC" ] $$ export LC_NUMERIC
[ -n "$LC_TIME" ] $$ export LC_TIME
[ -n "$LC_COLLATE" ] $$ export LC_COLLATE
[ -n "$LC_MONETARY" ] $$ export LC_MONETARY
[ -n "$LC_MESSAGES" ] $$ export LC_MESSAGES
[ -n "$LC_PAPER" ] $$ export LC_PAPER
[ -n "$LC_NAME" ] $$ export LC_NAME
[ -n "$LC_ADDRESS" ] $$ export LC_ADDRESS
[ -n "$LC_TELEPHONE" ] $$ export LC_TELEPHONE
[ -n "$LC_MEASUREMENT" ] $$ export LC_MEASUREMENT
[ -n "$LC_IDENTIFICATION" ] $$ export LC_IDENTIFICATION
So how to get en_CA.UTF-8 in effect? And why isn't in effect automatically? I installed recently and followed the locale-gen procedure. Only graphical stuff installed is i3, qupzilla & smplayer, no gnome or anything. I guess it's not related, but Dvorak layout is working as per vconsole.conf. Thanks
Last edited by stozi (2013-09-30 14:33:29)

Answer 1

stozi wrote:thanks I have read it, didn't find anything that would help. still want to know how my /etc/locale.conf could have the wrong formating when it's never been manually edited.
Asked and answered.  You need to edit that file - this is described in the Beginners guide and installation guide (edit: and several times on the locale page).
Last edited by Trilby (2013-09-30 14:29:04)