logkeys: LC_CTYPE locale must be of UTF-8 type

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.run llk or logkeys --start --output test.log or some other combination (with 
sudo)
2.test.log file is created but the program doesnt start
3.

What is the expected output?
the program doesnt start

What do you see instead?
after type 
#llk (or some other combination)
#logkeys: LC_CTYPE locale must be of UTF-8 type
and nothing else.

What version of the product are you using (`logkeys --help`)?
logkeys version: 0.1.1a
On what operating system?
Linux userpc 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Please provide any additional information below.
# locale
LANG=es_AR.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=es_AR:es
LC_CTYPE="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="es_AR.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

If applicable, also attach contents of /proc/bus/input/devices, the output
of command `dumpkeys -n > dumpkeys.output`, and any
other relevant files.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by eljuje...@gmail.com on 24 Feb 2013 at 3:27