"export LANG=C" on its own didn't make any difference. but, on a hunch, after reading around, i also ran "export LC_ALL=C" and the combination seemed to do the trick.
many thanks for the pointer. hope this helps anyone else who follows.
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- 01 Jul 2018, 22:04
- Forum: Filesystem repair
- Topic: knoppix testdisk loadlocale failed
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- 01 Jul 2018, 08:21
- Forum: Filesystem repair
- Topic: knoppix testdisk loadlocale failed
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knoppix testdisk loadlocale failed
while attempting to repair the file system of a ddrescued copy of a corrupted external pc/intel hdd, using testdisk on a usb stick installed knoppix8.2 livecd with overlay, i got the following error
testdisk: loadlocale.c:130: _nl_intern_locale_data: Assertion `cnt < (sizeof (_nl_value_type_LC ...
testdisk: loadlocale.c:130: _nl_intern_locale_data: Assertion `cnt < (sizeof (_nl_value_type_LC ...