<SOLVED> K3B protest about "System locale charset"

[tomcloyd]

I'm running KB 8.10, fully updated. I use K3B to write off backups I create from time to time. I last ran it on 1/9/2009, with no difficulty. Tonight, I launched K3B and got an error message:

"System locale charset is ANSI_X3.4-1968
Your system's locale charset (i.e. the charset used to encode filenames) is set to ANSI_X3.4-1968. It is highly unlikely that this has been done intentionally. Most likely the locale is not set at all. An invalid setting will result in problems when creating data projects.
Solution: To properly set the locale charset make sure the LC_* environment variables are set. Normally the distribution setup tools take care of this."

I have no idea what this is about or whether or not I need to do something about this. I looked in the system settings (accessed from the "Kickoff Application Launcher") and couldn't find anything about the "system local charset" or anything related that I could think of.

I could use any help on this anyone might have to offer me.

Thanks.

[Snowhog]

Re: K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

Hmm. Check K Menu > System Settings > Regional & Language > Country/Region & Language > Locale > Country or region:
By default, it is not set to a country. Click on change... and select the country. While at it, ensure that you have selected your language as well.

[tomcloyd]

Re: K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

I'd already tried that. However, I returned, and this time specified US English as the language for the country already specified (USA). Made no difference. K3B is still giving that error msg.

Any other ideas

[Snowhog]

Re: K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

One could consider uninstalling k3b and then reinstalling it again.

[Nate]

Re: K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

I think this may be set in the k3brc file in ~/.kde/share/config. If you delete that file then start k3b it may fix the problem.

[tomcloyd]

Re: K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

Thanks for all the ideas, but...no go.

I reinstalled, removed that config file, rebooted, and...the problem's still there as before.

Hmmm.

Maybe it won't affect my uses of the problem. I'll test that - see if my backup copies are usable. My experience is that problems tend to disappear over time - the development guys get things working, sooner or later, and this complaint may not really amount to much.

Meanwhile, if you have any further ideas, I'm certainly interested. Thanks!

Tom

[Snowhog]

Re: K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

My .kde/share/config/k3brc file shows under [last used default data settings]
input charset=iso8859-1

Easy enough to change. Edit the file and change your entry accordingly.

[tomcloyd]

Re: K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

Well nuts.

I didn't find that parameter in the file, so I added it. It has no effect.

The protest is about a charset supposedly used for "encoding filenames". Doesn't sound too serious.

I still have yet to test the program with current setting. Long long working day today. Will do soon, after some sleep.

Thanks for your continuing attention. Very much appreciated.

t.

[Snowhog]

Re: K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

Read this 'old' bug report on your exact error - error when opening the K3b program: "System locale charset is ANSI_X3.4-1968". The report isn't very long.

[tomcloyd]

Re: K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

Hooray! You came through for me again. Amazing.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+b...50/comments/13

I had the same experience - installed language-pack-en and the problem disappeared. I attached a comment about my experience - for what it's worth - to the page where that comment is found.

Thanks again!

t.

[Snowhog]

Re: &lt;SOLVED&gt; K3B protest about &quot;System locale charset&quot;

Happy to have (again) been of assistance.