There seems to be a problem in nomemclature. It seems en_US was equated with en_US.utf8. I don't think this is 'ok'. I think en_US has to point to en_US.C. Problem is that many programs look for the utf8 OR, more properly, it's official name "UTF-8", to determine unicode compatibility. If they don't see the suffix (some check for multi, but UTF-8 is the official spelling so they should all work with that if they work at all with utf*8). HOWEVER, setting any of my RC vars in /etc/sysconfig/language to en_US.UTF-8 (or utf8 or utf-8) results in errors from various programs that try to set locale (including the locale program), saying that it doesn't exist. en_US.utf8 doesn't exist? But I can see it under the /usr/lib/locale, directory -- is that not used by locale? Any ideas what's going on? Anyone using en_US.UTF-8 on SuSE 11.1+ and have it working? Thanks -- this has been a long term hassle as I keep having to find 'one-ofs' to solve problems that would not exist if my locale was set correctly.. Linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org