[SOLVED] Adobe Acrobat not running. ?locale problem

arubin · 03-20-2022, 02:13 PM

Adobe acroread is not starting and the console shows

Quote:

(process:790): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:07:31.730: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.

The output of locale is

Quote:

locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
LANG=en_GB
LC_CTYPE="en_GB"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB"
LC_TIME="en_GB"
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY=en_150.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB"
LC_PAPER="en_GB"
LC_NAME="en_GB"
LC_ADDRESS="en_GB"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB"
LC_ALL=

Any ideas how I might fix this?

frankbell · 03-20-2022, 08:55 PM

I have not encountered this (but I don't use Acrobat, I use Okular for PDF files), but I found a thread on Stack Exchange that might be helpful: https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...es-lc-all-c-do

suramya · 03-20-2022, 09:30 PM

You need to reinstall the locale and configure it. On Debian it can be done using the following command, not sure what the equivalent command in Slack would be:

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

You can also try running the following commands:

Code:

echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" | sudo tee -a /etc/locale.gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" | sudo tee -a /etc/locale.conf
sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8

These will set your locale to en_US.UTF-8. You might need to log out and then back in for it to take effect.

mralk3 · 03-20-2022, 10:01 PM

Set your desired locale in:

Code:

/etc/profile.d/lang.sh

Then log out and back in. OR, set it and run:

Code:

source /etc/profile

Then run your application again. I'm guessing you have the wrong locale set in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh. For it to become a system wide configuration, you will need to log out and into all user accounts on the system.

arubin · 03-21-2022, 08:38 AM

suramya, thanks but your reply seems unsuitable for slackware. There is no locale.gen or locale.conf and generally sudo is not how we do things.

I am not convinced that my lang set up is the issue. My lang.sh is

Quote:

#!/bin/sh
# Set the system locale. (no, we don't have a menu for this ;-)
# For a list of locales which are supported by this machine, type:
# locale -a

# en_US.UTF-8 is the Slackware default locale. If you're looking for
# a different UTF-8 locale, be aware that some of them do not include
# UTF-8 or utf8 in the name. To test if a locale is UTF-8, use this
# command:
#
# LANG=<locale> locale -k charmap
#
# UTF-8 locales will include "UTF-8" in the output.
export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8

# 'C' is the old Slackware (and UNIX) default, which is 127-bit ASCII
# with a charmap setting of ANSI_X3.4-1968. These days, it's better to
# use en_US.UTF-8 or another modern $LANG setting (or at least en_US)
# to support extended character sets.
#export LANG=C

# Non-UTF-8 options for en_US:
#export LANG=en_US
#export LANG=en_US.ISO8859-1

# One side effect of the newer locales is that the sort order
# is no longer according to ASCII values, so the sort order will
# change in many places. Since this isn't usually expected and
# can break scripts, we'll stick with traditional ASCII sorting.
# If you'd prefer the sort algorithm that goes with your $LANG
# setting, comment this out.
export LC_COLLATE=C

# End of /etc/profile.d/lang.sh

lang.csh is

Quote:

#!/bin/csh
# Set the system locale. (no, we don't have a menu for this ;-)
# For a list of locales which are supported by this machine, type:
# locale -a

# en_US.UTF-8 is the Slackware default locale. If you're looking for
# a different UTF-8 locale, be aware that some of them do not include
# UTF-8 or utf8 in the name. To test if a locale is UTF-8, use this
# command:
#
# LANG=<locale> locale -k charmap
#
# UTF-8 locales will include "UTF-8" in the output.
setenv LANG en_GB.utf8

# 'C' is the old Slackware (and UNIX) default, which is 127-bit ASCII
# with a charmap setting of ANSI_X3.4-1968. These days, it's better to
# use en_US.UTF-8 or another modern $LANG setting (or at least en_US)
# to support extended character sets.
#setenv LANG C

# Non-UTF-8 options for en_US:
#setenv LANG en_US
#setenv LANG en_US.ISO8859-1

# One side effect of the newer locales is that the sort order
# is no longer according to ASCII values, so the sort order will
# change in many places. Since this isn't usually expected and
# can break scripts, we'll stick with traditional ASCII sorting.
# If you'd prefer the sort algorithm that goes with your $LANG
# setting, comment this out.
setenv LC_COLLATE C

# End of /etc/profile.d/lang.csh

Anyway even after setting LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8 Adobe reader isn't running. There is no error message at all.

kjhambrick · 03-21-2022, 09:05 AM

arubin --

1. Just curious where you got your adobe reader ?

I've installed the SBo SlackBuild on my Slackware64 + Multilib System

See the README File below my sig.

I wonder if you can find the British Version of the _enu Source ?

Or ...

What happens if you simply set ADOBE_LANG="xxx" where xxx is whatever adobe wants for your local LANG ?

-- kjh

Code:

$ cat /dld/15.0/slackbuilds/SBo/adobe-reader/adobe-reader/README

Adobe's Acrobat Reader application (official binary) repackaged
in "Slackware style" for easier system maintenance.

This only works on the x86 architecture (no x86_64, arm, ...), although
it may work on x86_64 systems with alienBOB's multilib installed.

Note: The package will have the 3-letter language code in
the version number. The default language is "enu" (for US
English). E.g. for VERSION=9.5.5, the package will be called
adobe-reader-9.5.5_enu-i486-1_SBo.tgz by default. To use a different
language, first download the .tgz file for that language from Adobe's
site, then set ADOBE_LANG="xxx" in the environment, where "xxx" is the
3-letter language code and run the SlackBuild.

arubin · 03-21-2022, 09:40 AM

I just installed it using sbopkg
I can't find the British version
Where would I put set ADOBE_LANG="xxx"?

kjhambrick · 03-21-2022, 10:23 AM

arubin --

I've never had to set that Environment Varb for the SBo Package because all they have to offer is the _enu Version ( enu = US English )

Or did you find one for British English ?

If so, to test you could try it from a command line like this:

Code:

export ADOBE_LANG="xxx"               # xxx should match the suffix on the tar file
/opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread &

OTOH if all you did was install the SBo Package, then forget about the ADOBE_LANG="xxx" ... it should run as-is.

-- kjh

kjhambrick · 03-21-2022, 10:28 AM

p.s. I just remembered something ...

I had to append the path to the adobe lib/ directory to /etc/ld.so.conf because there were missing links

After editing /etc/ld/so.conf, I typed at a root commandline: ldconfig

-- kjh

Code:

[konrad@kjhlt7 tmp]$ cat /etc/ld.so.conf

include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
/lib64
/usr/lib64
/usr/local/lib64
/usr/x86_64-slackware-linux/lib64
#
# kjh was here
/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/lib

longus · 03-21-2022, 10:49 AM

Hi! Crash experience here too. With or without the forementioned options (LC_ALL and /etc/ls.so.conf) the program starts and a file could be opened and readed. It only compline about adwaita theme, so changed it.
The crash come when i open Preferences, after a couple of seconds, also with both options given and ommited. No output shown.

arubin · 03-21-2022, 11:53 AM

Editing /etc/ld/so.conf did not make a difference.

kjhambrick · 03-21-2022, 12:20 PM

All --

I was looking at /opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread and I see the code below that modifies LD_LIBRARY_PATH

I pounded /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/lib from /etc/ld.so.conf and reran ldconfig and acroread still works.

I tried changing preferences->Units from Inches to Points and saved and exited acroread.

When I reran acroread the Units were still set to points.

Finally ...

I also see the Gtk-WARNING noted by longus:

Code:

[konrad@kjhlt7 tmp]$ acroread /home/tmp/foo.pdf &
[1] 28355
[konrad@kjhlt7 tmp]$ 
(acroread:28355): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:17:32.843: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",

Sorry ... I am out of Ideas ...

-- kjh

Code:

case "$ACRO_CONFIG" in
  sparcsolaris)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="`prepend "$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/lib:$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/sidecars:${MOZILLA_COMP_PATH}" "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"`"
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    ;;
  intelsolaris)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="`prepend "$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/lib:$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/sidecars:${MOZILLA_COMP_PATH}:${LIB_NSPR_PATH}" "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"`"
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    ;;
  intellinux)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="`prepend "$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/lib:$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/sidecars:${MOZILLA_COMP_PATH}" "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"`"
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    ;;
  rs6000aix)
    LIBPATH="`prepend "$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/lib:$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/sidecars:/opt/freeware/lib" "$LIBPATH"`"
    export LIBPATH
        ;;
  hppahpux)
    SHLIB_PATH="`prepend "$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/lib:$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/sidecars:/opt/graphics/OpenGL/lib" "$SHLIB_PATH"`"
        LD_PRELOAD=/opt/graphics/OpenGL/lib/libGL.sl
        export SHLIB_PATH
        export LD_PRELOAD
    ;;
esac

arubin · 03-23-2022, 01:35 PM

The problem of Acrobat not running has been solved in this thread https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ib-4175709751/.

It was nothing to do with locale.