>   Upon k3b start, the only error received during
> startup check was:
> 
> <quote>
> System locale charset is ANSI_X3.4-1968
> Your system's locale charset (i.e. the charset used to
> encode filenames) is set
> to ANSI_X3.4-1968. It is highly unlikely that this has been
> done intentionally.
> Most likely the locale is not set at all. An invalid setting
> will result in
> problems when creating data projects.
> Solution: To properly set the locale charset make sure the
> LC_* environment
> variables are set. Normally the distribution setup tools
> take care of this.
> </quote>
> 
>   I know about a year ago, there was considerable
> discussion about where these
> variables should be set. Looking, it seems that some distros
> take care of this
> with XDG config which can be set separately between gnome
> XDG and kde XDG. Does
> TDE need to look at setting these? I don't know the answer.
> I do know SuSE sets
> them and Arch doesn't. So there is a variation between the
> way this is handled
> distro to distro. May not be a bad thing to do in the TDE
> config if these
> setting matter.

The starttde script makes a feeble effort to set the XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and XDG_DATA_DIRS variables.

Big picture, I am not in favor of tinkering further. This is mostly a distro issue, although I am curious how you resolve the k3b error on your system.

Does k3b still burn despite the previously reported hal configure warnings?

Darrell