On 2013-25-12, Tom Yan <tom.ty89@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 25 December 2013 08:42, Silvio Siefke <siefke_listen@xxxxxx> wrote: >> siefke ~ $ cat /etc/locale.conf >> export LC_DATE=de_DE.utf8 >> export LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.utf8 >> export LC_TIME=de_DE.utf8 >> export LANG=de_DE.utf8 Setting the LC_* variables to the same value as LANG is unneccesary, as LANG will be used if they are unset anyway. See locale(7). > You don't need the "export"s in /etc/locale.conf. It's for > shell (script) only. The export statements are what probably break the locale assignment. Because according to locale.conf(5) "beyond mere variable assignments, no shell features are supported". And locale.conf is read by systemd, not your shell. Silvio, what is the output of the "locale" command inside your XFCE session? Also make sure the line "de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8" is uncommented in /etc/locale.gen and run locale-gen afterwards. Regards, Sebastian
