Issue 939 - I18N prevents launch
Summary: I18N prevents launch
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Internationalization
Classification: Code
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: 625
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dieter.Loeschky
QA Contact: issues@www
URL:
Keywords: oooqa
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2001-05-22 22:52 UTC by issues@www
Modified: 2008-05-17 23:58 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description issues@www 2001-05-22 22:52:27 UTC 
Hi there.  When I start openoffice I get the following message:
>I18N: Operating system does not support locale ""

All good and fine, but which locale should I install?

Cheers,
TAE
Comment 1 Unknown 2001-05-25 23:10:48 UTC 
Could you please give more info?

Please send me the following:

1)  The locale you're running the program in:
$ locale

2)  Version of Kernel version of Linux (eg 2.4)
$ uname -a

3)  Linux distribution (eg RH 6.3)
$ more /etc/redhat-release
Comment 2 christof.pintaske 2001-05-28 09:04:22 UTC 
The message comes from vcl/X11 part and indicates that you have set a locale
that your operating system does not support. After emitting this warning it
switches to the portable "C" or "POSIX" locale. By no means will it preventing
OOo from starting up.

You should set the locale to the language that 
1st: is supported by your OS AND by your XWindow system
2nd: that you understand :-)

As Bustamam already mentioned you get your current locale settings from issuing
the command "locale" from a shell/terminal. It does not mean that the given
locale is supported by your OS :-( . You should be able to change the language
from your login-screen, unfortunately some Linux systems are broken as this is
concerned (e.g. RedHat 7.1 Japanese).
best regards
Christof
Comment 3 issues@www 2001-05-28 09:32:45 UTC 
As an update... I tried installing the 627 build as -net (as with soffice) but when I tried to launch it as a user I got (this time) no i18N error message, but simply "Aborted."

Guess the -net install isn't finalized yet? In any case it seems the locale was just an incidental problem and not the cause of the aborted launch, so I guess I'll close the issue.
Comment 4 Dieter.Loeschky 2001-05-30 08:03:12 UTC 
Alright, I'll close this issue
Comment 5 ace_dent 2008-05-17 21:53:55 UTC 
The Issue you raised has been marked as 'Resolved' and not updated within the
last 1 year+. I am therefore setting this issue to 'Verified' as the first step
towards Closing it. If you feel this is incorrect, please re-open the issue and
add any comments.

Many thanks,
Andrew
 
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Comment 6 ace_dent 2008-05-17 23:58:45 UTC 
As per previous posting: Verified -> Closed.
A Closed Issue is a Happy Issue (TM).

Regards,
Andrew