SlackwareThis Forum is for the discussion of Slackware Linux.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
Would anyone happen to know how to change the GNOME Clock applets calendar to start on Sunday instead of Monday? I checked my locale and that seem to be correct (en_US). Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks for any help.
I have never tried it, since the Gnome Clock has always been the way I like it. But I did find http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_localedef
It might be able to help you.
What would be the correct way to re-ask a question after three months, without any (useful) response so far? I do not see anything wrong with bumping a question after such a long time, but maybe I don't see things right.
Apologies, I didn't see the earlier date. However, the absolute correct way (and only acceptable way on these forums) is to reply to your own post with details of things you have tried since your last post.
I have never tried it, since the Gnome Clock has always been the way I like it. But I did find http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_localedef
It might be able to help you.
I said that I checked my locale and it is correct.
Quote:
Originally Posted by XavierP
Please don't do this again. Bumping your thread like this is very rude.
[...]
However, the absolute correct way (and only acceptable way on these forums) is to reply to your own post with details of things you have tried since your last post.
What if I have no other information to give on such a problem...? I think my way is pretty acceptable in this case.
AFAIK this is (was) a Gtk problem. I've seen the thing work correctly on XFCE 4.4, which I've compiled against Gtk 2.8 (it was broken in 4.2 -- official Slack installation). A Google search should reveal the details, check out and make sure this is the case.
Well, this problem persisted for a very long time for me. The solution? Create an /etc/env.d/02locale file containing
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_US
then run env-update && source /etc/profile and restart X.
Now my calendar starts on Sunday.
Please please do not re-open old posts if you have nothing on-topic to add. This is a Slackware forum, and we do not have "env-update", nor does /etc/env.d/ exist.
Perhaps, more generally, the fix seems to be specifying LC_TIME=en_US in your disro's locale config file.
This problem affects multiple distros' implementation of Gnome.
It is unfortunate that upstream should leave something so simple for the individual distros to fix. I suppose you could use something other than Gnome.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.