On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 07:19:47PM +0100, Brian wrote: > 4. There is a way to get your error mesaages in English but I have > forgotten how. Someone will be along in a while to explain how it > is done.
If you're working from a command shell, you can do: export LC_ALL=C and then the rest of your commands should all produce output in the "C" locale (traditional US English, ASCII characters only). If you're working with a GUI, then all bets are off. You might be able to restart the GUI application with the locale variables set differently, but if it's something like a display manager invoked directly from /sbin/init then it could become difficult. Or, the GUI application may have its own internal language selection.