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Message #115238
[Bug 1448563] Re: terminal won't launch with a customized locale
Gnome-terminal is unfortunately known to have troubles with non-UTF-8
locales, see e.g. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732127.
In your case, however, I suspect that you're doing something wrong with
your installation (because you also seem to aim for UTF-8). It's weird
to me that you use nonstandard tools to install them, rather than
localedef or locale-gen.
At the very least, what does "locale charmap" print with your locale? It
should be "UTF-8".
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #732127
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732127
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Title:
terminal won't launch with a customized locale
Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Yesterday I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet", and I couldn't
launch a gnome-terminal. Shift+Ctrl+T didn't seem to do anything, nor
did typing "terminal" into the dash. Fortunately, xterm still worked.
Typing "ps aux" (into an xterm terminal) revealed a few instances
marked "defunct".
The problem turns out to be my custom locale. (I didn't discover this
myself, except by using Google.) I typed "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" into my
xterm terminal, and then "gnome-terminal &", and then I had a gnome-
terminal running.
This bug should be fairly easy to replicate once a custom locale has
been installed. I'll attach my custom locale file "rob_custom" to
this bug, which could be used for testing the bug. (My locale is
based on en_US.UTF-8 but uses 24-hour time, YYYY-MM-DD dates, and the
metric system.)
To install the custom locale, go to
http://lh.2xlibre.net/help/install_locale/ and download the
"install_locale.py" script. The first line of the script will need to
be changed from ""#!usr/bin/env python" to "#!/usr/bin/python", and
the script will need to be made executable of course. Download the
"rob_custom" file from this bug, and put it in
/usr/share/i18n/locales/ . Then run "install_locale.py
/usr/share/i18n/locales/rob_custom", which should successfully install
the locale.
Installing the locale won't make it your default locale. To change
the locale temporarily, change the LANG environment variable, i.e.
"LANG=rob_custom.UTF-8".
The attachment to this bug consists of a .zip file composed of two
files: my custom locale "rob_custom", and a simple program file
locale-test.c, which can be compiled with the command "gcc -o locale-
test locale-test.c". The program displays the date and time strings
according to the installed locale, which is useful for testing whether
the locale has been changed successfully.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: gnome-terminal 3.14.2-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 25 15:28:38 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-24 (517 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-24 (1 days ago)
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