On Saturday 15 May 2004 11:31, David W.E. Roberts wrote: > Hi, > > I have just done a hard disc install of Knoppix 3.3 which gives me Debian > 2.4.24-xfs. [...] > Second problem - I am stuck with a US keyboard layout and a UK keyboard. > > I am trying to change the default 'locale' settings in /etc/sysconfig, but > I can't seem to get the settings right. > > [BTW why is the configuration file named 'i18n'?] > > From browsing man pages I think it should be 'en_uk' or 'en_UK';
I started kde yesterday in order to try to resolve a similar issue - I thought I'd then be able to read the config files kde had written, but I can't find them. However, I have got an arrangement I can live with now, inasmuch as the keyboard has the same characters on it that show up on the screen. I failed to get the euro symbol so far... > however if I fire up a new xterm 'locale returns: > > g# locale > locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory > locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory > locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory > LANG=en_UK [...etc...] On my system, locale now shows LANG=en_GB LC_CTYPE="en_GB" ...etc... LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB" LC_ALL= > > My i18n configuration file contains: > :/etc/sysconfig# cat i18n I have no file called i18n anywhere on the system - plenty of directories and filenames including 'i18n', but all in /usr/share, var/lib and var/cache. Nothing in /etc and nothing in /home -- so whatever kde configured is not that. This particular laptop was a mepis rather than a knoppix install. I have a desktop that originally came from knoppix, and it does have the /etc/sysconfig/i18n file. I'll fiddle with that and see if I learn anything. BTW do you know how to read in a newly edited version without rebooting the whole system? -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]