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I have changed my .bashrc file, so that $LANG variable is always set to en_US when I run new shell. This is because I have a program for making plots which takes the sign as a decimal separator based on the language.

When $LANG is set to pl_PL then I have a comma, instead of a point.

It was all fine, but after I made automatic update to my system, it turned out that I cannot type in polish signs into terminal.

For instance this is unicode for "ó" letter: U+00D3 but I see "C3" when I type "ó' into the terminal.

Now, when I switch to another account, the problem is gone.

I checked content of 

/var/lib/locales/supported.d/local

It says:

pl_PL.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

I also run 

dpkg-reconfigure locale

It doesn't do any good.

What can I do if I don't want to switch to another account?

A.B.
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  • Have you tried tweaking settings in Settings > Keyboard > Text Entry? Do you have that little "PL" icon on your dash? – Jacajack Apr 16 '15 at 12:38
  • Well, I can't find it anywhere in Settings, but I can see that my keyboard is still set to polish. For instance, I can use polish signs in mozilla. – user2300369 Apr 16 '15 at 16:10
  • Weird.... Take a look at that maybe it'll help you, it seems to describe same problem. http://askubuntu.com/questions/434849/change-keyboard-layout-english-uk-on-command-line-to-english-us – Jacajack Apr 16 '15 at 16:17

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Somehow I have managed to solve the problem. I have hashed out export LANG=en_US in .bashrc file. And now I use

export LC_NUMERIC=C

to get point as a decimal separator. After I restarted system I got my polish signs back.

user2300369
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There is a bug in debian. Look at: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=818065#85 You have to do:

rm /etc/console-setup/cached_*

These files can be recreated by 

setupcon --save-only

This wiil do the change in:

/etc/console-setup/cached_setup_keyboard.sh
-loadkeys '/tmp/tmpkbd.iDWdSi' > '/dev/null'
+loadkeys '/etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz' > '/dev/null'.

Yep they did not fix this yet.

Sebastian Byczkowski
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