unsupported locale setting & XRecord

[cbourbou]

Hi all

I see that the method to solve the "unsupported locale setting"
problem is to "go into AutoKey's preferences, and on the Interface tab
change the setting to "XRecord"".

But I cannot enter the Autokey preferences, since the application
doesn't start. However, I've found that I already seem to use XRecord,
as in [Home]/.config/Autokey/autokey.json it says "interfaceType":
"XRecord"

Running
Ubuntu 11.10
Autokey 0.71.2-1
Python: 2.7.2-7ubuntu2

Autokey crashes with:

$ autokey
(process:14187): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/autokey", line 20, in <module>
from autokey.gtkapp import Application
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/gtkapp.py", line 27,
in <module>
from gtkui.notifier import Notifier
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/gtkui/notifier.py",
line 19, in <module>
import popupmenu, abbrselector
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/gtkui/
abbrselector.py", line 21, in <module>
import configwindow
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/gtkui/
configwindow.py", line 26, in <module>
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 540, in setlocale
return _setlocale(category, locale)
locale.Error: unsupported locale setting

Anything else I can do?

Many thanks

[Al]

Hi cbourbo,

I see that you are using the older AutoKey that is in the Ubuntu
repositories. I suggest you install the latest one as provided on the
http://code.google.com/p/autokey/ page. Simply use the provided ppa
and you will most likely notice your issue to have been resolved. If
not please post back here with the updated information.

Thank You,

Al

[Chris D]

Can you post the output of env | grep LANG

[cbourbou]

Hi

- Using the autokey ppa now, version 0.81.4.0~oneiric. Still autokey
won't start up with "locale.Error: unsupported locale setting"
- env | grep LANG shows LANG=en_CH.UTF-8 (CH being Switzerland, DE/
Germany would also be possible if that fits better)

Thanks
Tino

[Chris D]

This problem is caused by incomplete language/locale support on your
system. You can try the following:

sudo apt-get install language-pack-en

Chris

[cbourbou]

Did try, but the pack is already installed:
language-pack-en is already the newest version.

Cheers
Tino

[cbourbou]

Works - went to System Settings / Language Support, where first a few
missing EN packs for packages like GIMP were downloaded, but I don't
think that turned the trick. I then installed the GERMAN pack (which
also contains Switzerland locale) - and after the next Login, Autokey
did work.

Many thanks for your support!
Tino