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Description of problem:
An attempt to run either redhat-config-printer or redhat-config-soundcard
results in python errors:

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[root@xyclone etc]# redhat-config-soundcard
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-soundcard/redhat-config-soundcard.py", line 31,
in ?
    from rhpl.translate import _, N_
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhpl/translate.py", line 197, in ?
    cat = i18n()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhpl/translate.py", line 75, in __init__
    self.setDomain(domain)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhpl/translate.py", line 134, in setDomain
    self.iconv = iconv.open(self.codeset, encoding)
ValueError: (22, 'Invalid argument')
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Current setting of LANG environment variable is "en_US.UTF-8".

This system was updated from 7.2 to 8.0, it is not a fresh install.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot up the system into GUI mode
2. Log in as root
3. run "redhat-config-printer" or "redhat-config-soundcard"
    

Actual Results:  Python errors as described above

Expected Results:  I would imagine the GUI or command-line config utility would
run.  As it stands, I've had to run CUPS to configure my printer and I can't
configure my soundcard.

Additional info:

To be honest, don't you think using python for this sort of thing is a bit
silly?  Python is undoubtedly the most cryptic language I have ever seen, and I
worked on LISP systems for 10 years.