Couldn't set locale correctly

UNIX Solaris
1

Hello,

I have a recently configured machine that when log into it as a user or remotely as root it displays "Couldn't set locale correctly"

When I type locale it displays the below which is wrong compared to other machines

LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES=C
LC_ALL=

If anyone has any pointers it would be appreciated

thanks,
will

2

I guess that LANG was forced to be =C.
You may change these in "/etc/default/init" or you can export LANG variable in /etc/profile or in $HOME/.profile :

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Export LANG

Then it should look like this :

3

Hello,
I have the same problem on Solaris 10 x86 but even if I "export LANG=en_US.UTF-8" it doesn't help:

$ locale
LANG=
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_ALL=


$export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_ALL=

I'm still getting a lot of "couldn't set locale correctly" all the time.

Edit: the "en_US.UTF-8" was not present in /usr/lib/locale/ so I used "en_GB.UTF-8" instead

$ export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
$ locale
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

but still I'm getting the warn messages :frowning:
Thanks Tex

4

Did you guys modify the /etc/TIMEZONE file as well?

5

well it is a sym link to /etc/default/init:

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          14 Apr 23  2008 /etc/TIMEZONE -> ./default/init

so yes, it is modified as well.

6

Which Solaris OS? Did you try restarting the service or rebooting the system?

7

I have Solaris 10 x86. I tried to reboot and the messages are still there.

8

There could be missing packages that are needed for the locale, or the packages could be loaded and corrupted, or only partially installed.
This is a problem that is specific to the Solaris Operating Environment. Contact Solaris Technical Support for further assistance.

If not try this:
setenv LC_ALL [locale]
type locale and check the value again for LC_ALL.