Hi everyone, after I used manjaro for years (with xfce) and than for lack of a private laptop / computer went to using only windows (at work) for a long time, I’m back to manjaro, this time trying out i3. I currently have a problem with i3 which I think is coming from my locale settings. So when …

OK, setting LC_COLLATE=de_DE.UTF-8 seems to have done the trick. I still have no idea why it appeared as LC_COLLATE=“de” and where that came from as I did never set it. anybody any idea? I’d like to know what was going on…

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Aragorn 9 May 2024 00:52 4

[root tip] [How To] Troubleshooting locale errors Tutorials

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ Locale Errors Locale errors are not always obvious and some applications simply stop working without any hints at all - e.g. Gnome Terminal is very sensitive to incorrect configuration of locale. TL:DR As root edit the file /etc/locale.gen Enable the needed locales - including en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 as fallback. Rebuild the locale database using the locale-gen script Calamares installer The Calamares installer adds the locales chosen to the end of /etc/locale.gen so check the …

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