$ rpm -q glibc-locales glibc-locales-2.5-alt2 $ locale -m locale: cannot read character map directory `/usr/share/i18n/charmaps': No such file or directory is it supposed to work?
apt-get install glibc-i18ndata
"locale -m" requires /usr/share/i18n/charmaps.
argh, sorry -- it's glibc-i18ndata