ah,it seems that it worked for the original reporter because he has perhaps an /etc/default/locale file.
What did work for me is the following command: echo VDR_LANG="$LANG" | sudo tee -a /etc/default/vdr This bug has been fixed in debian. The patch can be seen here: http://patches.ubuntu.com/by-release/debian/v/vdr/vdr_1.6.0-8.patch relevant part: +++ 1.6.0-8/debian/config-loader.sh 2008-11-29 22:26:00.000000000 +0000 @@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ ENV_FILE="none" [ -r /etc/environment ] && ENV_FILE="/etc/environment" [ -r /etc/default/locale ] && ENV_FILE="/etc/default/locale" [ $ENV_FILE = none ] || \ - VDR_LANG=$(egrep "^[^#]*${var}=" $ENV_FILE | tail -n1 | cut -d= -f2) + for var in LANG LC_ALL; do + eval VDR_LANG=$(egrep "^[^#]*${var}=" $ENV_FILE | tail -n1 | cut -d= -f2) + [ -z "$VDR_LANG" ] || break + done [ -z "$VDR_LANG" ] && VDR_LANG="C" # Enable VFAT file system support by default ** Changed in: vdr (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- VDR i18n doesn't work if LANGUAGE env is set https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
