diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62d06b0d..3162cf21 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-12-09 Bart Hakvoort  <gparted@users.sf.net>
+
+	* src/ext2.cc,
+	  src/ext3.cc,
+	  src/ntfs.cc,
+	  src/reiserfs.cc: added LANG=C to the commands which read the used space of a filesystem. This prevent errors with some locales.
+
 2004-12-09 Bart Hakvoort  <gparted@users.sf.net>
 
 	* added MIN and MAX to filesystemstruct to set min. and max sizes of a filesystem. So instead of checking per filesystem
diff --git a/src/ext2.cc b/src/ext2.cc
index 0d0898db..c87d4d6a 100644
--- a/src/ext2.cc
+++ b/src/ext2.cc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void ext2::Set_Used_Sectors( Partition & partition )
 	Sector free_blocks = -1, blocksize = -1 ;
 
         //get free blocks..
-	f = popen( ( "dumpe2fs -h " + partition .partition ) .c_str( ), "r" ) ;
+	f = popen( ( "LANG=C dumpe2fs -h " + partition .partition ) .c_str( ), "r" ) ;
 	while ( fgets( c_buf, 512, f ) )
 	{
 		output = Glib::locale_to_utf8( c_buf ) ;
diff --git a/src/ext3.cc b/src/ext3.cc
index f08c7220..29303568 100644
--- a/src/ext3.cc
+++ b/src/ext3.cc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void ext3::Set_Used_Sectors( Partition & partition )
 	Sector free_blocks = -1, blocksize = -1 ;
 
         //get free blocks..
-	f = popen( ( "dumpe2fs -h " + partition .partition ) .c_str( ), "r" ) ;
+	f = popen( ( "LANG=C dumpe2fs -h " + partition .partition ) .c_str( ), "r" ) ;
 	while ( fgets( c_buf, 512, f ) )
 	{
 		output = Glib::locale_to_utf8( c_buf ) ;
diff --git a/src/ntfs.cc b/src/ntfs.cc
index 1effb377..87e6e8e0 100644
--- a/src/ntfs.cc
+++ b/src/ntfs.cc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void ntfs::Set_Used_Sectors( Partition & partition )
 	Sector free_sectors = -1 ;
 
         //get free sectors..
-	f = popen( ( "ntfscluster --force " + partition .partition ) .c_str( ), "r" ) ;
+	f = popen( ( "LANG=C ntfscluster --force " + partition .partition ) .c_str( ), "r" ) ;
 	while ( fgets( c_buf, 512, f ) )
 	{
 		output = Glib::locale_to_utf8( c_buf ) ;
diff --git a/src/reiserfs.cc b/src/reiserfs.cc
index 8295ba39..05a67b50 100644
--- a/src/reiserfs.cc
+++ b/src/reiserfs.cc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void reiserfs::Set_Used_Sectors( Partition & partition )
 	Sector free_blocks = -1, blocksize = -1 ;
 
         //get free blocks..
-	f = popen( ( "debugreiserfs " + partition .partition ) .c_str( ), "r" ) ;
+	f = popen( ( "LANG=C debugreiserfs " + partition .partition ) .c_str( ), "r" ) ;
 	while ( fgets( c_buf, 512, f ) )
 	{
 		output = Glib::locale_to_utf8( c_buf ) ;