Error msg in i3 after system upgrade

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After a recent upgrade i get in the i3 status line this error msg:

Error: status_command process exited unexptectedly (exit 1)

How do i find out what the reason for this? Before the i3 status bar showed up correctly disk use etc.

I don’t know, if the following is connected … (?)

Inotice sterminal does not start - anymore - neither by the default command mod+enter from within i3 nor by dmenu or from within another terminal. st does start but with an ugly distorted font.

Now, i als checked the locale setting and i get this:

~ >>> locale                                                                                          
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

And:

    ~ >>> sterminal 
    couldn't read from shell: Input/output error                                                                                                                                                                                                       
    child exited with status 1                                                                                                                                                                                         
    tmux: invalid LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE or LANG

Thanks in advance for your patience!

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Maybe start here:
https://i3wm.org/docs/debugging.html

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Seems you already got an answer on this issue:

Did you by any chance merge any pacnew files related to locale after the system upgrade?

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4

Thanks for the hint. But no, i did not.

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Thanks for the pointer - a very useful link!

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The problem was solved solving the incorrect locales settings. Thanks a lot to all who helped me out