Instructions how you can use the s.c.p in the virtual console are as well on the wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Control_Panel#Languages
Simon Simon Schampijer wrote: > Short term solution; > > - switch to a virtual console (alt+ctrl+F1 or alt+ctrl+F2) F1 is the > mesh view key and F2 the friends view key > - edit /home/olpc/.i18n > - nano /home/olpc/.i18n > - LANG="en_US.UTF-8" > - ctrl+o for save and ctrl+x for quitting > > You can not use the sugar-control-panel in the virtual console - this is > known (#5819). > > long-term: > better control panel with graphical frontend > > HTH, > Simon > > > James wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Following the first 4 instructions at >> <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ethiopian_Setup >> > I have managed to set my G1G1 XO laptop to accept input in >> Amharic. That's the good news. >> >> The bad news is that I can no longer switch back to a US keyboard. >> >> Even commands typed into the Terminal now appear in Amharic, and >> refuse to execute. I can use the arrow keys in the Terminal to replay >> the sequence of commands that led to editing /etc/sysconfig/keyboard >> in nano, but I cannot get nano to save my changes. If I use ^O to >> Write Out the file, I find myself in the Journal, but nano is still >> open in the Terminal. If I use ^X to Exit nano, it asks if I want to >> save the modified buffer. Typing "y" produces an Amharic character >> which vaguely resembles a Q, and which nano refuses to recognize. >> >> The page at <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ethiopian_Setup> helpfully >> suggests that: >> >> You can toggle between the us and the et layouts by hitting the >> group switch key, which is mapped to the rightmost key below enter >> (labeled multiply/divide on US keyboards). >> >> In my experience, pressing this key inserts an x character. No >> combination of modifier keys along with the group switch key seems to >> have the desired effect. >> >> Any help in getting my XO back to its initial US settings would be >> appreciated. (Ideally, I'd like to be able to switch between the two >> on a regular basis). >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> James >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel