Shell messages in wrong language

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(Sorry, I cannot attach images or a links because I just created an account here. I have added a space in the links)

I encounter shell messages in a language I cannot identify:

https:/ /ibb.co/HzQcgwV

I am running on a fresh installation of Manjaro XFCE 21.1.0 as of an hour ago after experiencing this issue with Manjaro KDE 21.1.0, which I tried five hours ago. I found this forum thread about the same issue, but there doesn’t seem to be an answer there:

https:/ /forum.manjaro.org/t/shell-dialogues-open-in-a-language-other-than-the-specified-system-locale/50276

Entering locale into the terminal prints out the following:

LANG=en_US.utf8
LC_CTYPE=“en_US.utf8”
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=“en_US.utf8”
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=“en_US.utf8”
LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

I recognize the message as Unreal Engine asking me if I want to associate .uproject files with UE4 Editor. Normally, this message is displayed in English. I have come across similar looking messages when using Steam.

Would anyone know how to change the shell messages to English? Thanks!

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Hello @BluFeather :wink:

Maybe really simple. Refresh the locale cache:

sudo locale-gen

Keep sure that the langauge in XFCE and in /etc/locale.gen are the same.

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I’ve refreshed the locale cache and have checked that both XFCE and locale.gen are the same. I’ll post again if I come across the text again. Thanks!

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Your settings in locale conf is not valid

Replace utf8 with UTF-8

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