Having this issue when using Garuda Welcome Refresh mirrorlist (Reflector-Simple)

[senorYME]

(process:348674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:40:57.955: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback ‘C’ locale.
Unable to parse command line: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input

I am extremely new to linux of any kind except for steam deck this is my first time on linux on my main pc for about a week now, so sorry if I don’t know the lingo of linux; but I promise to get there in time

[SGS]

Just use

upd

in terminal.

Post the log if something failed.
If upd not work, use update. We are missing the garuda-inxi log, btw.

[senorYME]

done the upd and update, no issues; also sorry but where do I get garuda-inix log at nvm figured it out

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "",
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8",
LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
System:
Kernel: 6.8.9-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=4f64013a-7f46-4dc0-a552-be58d9224a85 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.2.0
wm: kwin_x11 with: krunner vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5003 date: 10/07/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3452 high: 3640 min/max: 2200/4549 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3400 2: 3600
3: 3600 4: 3600 5: 3400 6: 3400 7: 3400 8: 3400 9: 3400 10: 3400 11: 3640
12: 3400 13: 3400 14: 3400 15: 3400 16: 3400 bogomips: 108801
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD102 [GeForce RTX 4090] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 550.78 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-04) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0b:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2684 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.7
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5120x1440 s-dpi: 80 s-size: 1626x457mm (64.02x17.99")
s-diag: 1689mm (66.5")
Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled model: Samsung LC49G95T
serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 5120x1440 hz: 240 dpi: 130048 gamma: 1.2
size: 1x1mm (0.04x0.04") diag: 1239mm (48.8") modes: max: 3840x1080
min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.78
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 23.43 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 driver: nvidia v: 550.78 device-ID: 10de:2684
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD102 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22ba class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: b58e:9e84 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-4: Cambridge Silicon Radio Mpow HC5 Headset in charging mode - HID
/ Mass Storage driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-4.1.1:6 chip-ID: 0a12:4007
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.8.9-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-5:3
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 15.46 TiB used: 1.16 TiB (7.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN850X 4000GB size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 624311WD temp: 53.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 4TB
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 45.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000VN008-2DR166
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5980 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC60 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD2003FZEX-00SRLA0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 3.64 TiB size: 3.64 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.16 TiB (31.9%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 588 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 3.64 TiB size: 3.64 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.16 TiB (31.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 3.64 TiB size: 3.64 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.16 TiB (31.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 3.64 TiB size: 3.64 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.16 TiB (31.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.25 GiB used: 78.8 MiB (0.2%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.25 GiB used: 5.72 GiB (18.3%)
Processes: 443 Power: uptime: 4h 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.46 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1888 libs: 539 tools: gnome-software, octopi,
pamac, paru Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-05-10
Last full system update: 2024-05-17 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

[BluishHumility]

Make sure the locales you need are uncommented in /etc/locale.gen, then regenerate locales:

sudo locale-gen

See also these similar posts:

Setting locale failed

In my opinion this could be caused by either Make sure they are both enabled (search them in the file an remove the # comment, if present) in: /etc/locale.gen And re-generate locales: sudo locale-gen

Problem with locale in terminal

First, run sudo bash to enter a root bash session. Then execute the following commands: echo -e "cs_CZ.UTF-8 UTF-8\nen_US.UTF-8 UTF-8\nen_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen locale-gen That should fix your language settings for now. Reboot and check if your system is still in franken-english or not for me please.

Locale settings defined outside /etc/locale.conf

OK so some initial steps: Edit /etc/locale.gen and make sure the locales you want are uncommented (e.g. de_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8 ... en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 (keeping en_US enabled can help with certain software). Run sudo locale-gen and verify the same locales you uncommented are being generated. Check the contents of /etc/locale.conf and set it to the LANG you want. The only contents in mine is: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 Note that this is the first part of the line in locale.conf Reboot for good meas…

The last one especially is a good step-by-step for how to set up your locales.

[senorYME]

so I found locale.gen in files; the thing is I don’t know what uncommented means,

I did do sudo locale-gen and it says it worked; but when doing reflector-simple again I still get the same warning

for example here it says to edit; but to edit all I have is the option is a notepad so I definetly know this is the incorrect way to doing it Locale settings defined outside /etc/locale.conf - #10 by jonathon
using text editor I get here

but will be honest I do not understand how to uncomment a line, unless you mean removing # like in writing

Ok I think I got it working now and thank you

sorry for the trouble and thank you for the replies. Loving my experience with garuda

[SGS]

@senorYME

the thing is I don’t know what uncommented means,

commented

# de

uncommented

de

@senorYME

unless you mean removing # like in writing

Yes

BTW

Please stop posting pictures from terminal or text in the forum.
Also pictures from file browser.

@senorYME

so I found locale.gen in files

As BluishHumility wrote

@BluishHumility

in /etc/locale.gen

show the same thing with less waste of resources

[senorYME]

Gotch and sorry about photos won’t do that anymore