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Scilab problem

Asked by izzy martin roxas maxino

Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
 Using the fallback 'C' locale.

i run scilab at terminal and it returns the above? Scilab attempts to run but only the frame of the GUI is shown (no other elements, no menus etc.).

what should i do?

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GaryW (gnubyexample) said : 		#1

My guess is that you have two issues, which are separate.
(1) locale complaint
(2) scilab is not doing as you expect.

For (1) at a terminal type:
  locale
  ...and look at what it reports
 then type:
  cat /etc/default/locale
  ...and look at what it reports
Is everything on your system setup for the language/locale you desire?
If not then there are forum postings about how to change your locale.
(The not recommended way is to just edit /etc/default/locale to match what you want...warranty excluded :)

For (2) scilab has a -nogui option which I use when starting up.

If you are really wanting a gui for scilab and cannot get it to start, then file a bug for scilab 5.2.1 (lucid version) or perhaps try the newer 5.2.2 tar.gz available at:
  http://www.scilab.org/products/scilab/download

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