Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => CorePlus => Topic started by: andfree on April 06, 2016, 02:31:28 AM
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Hi. I have installed Tiny Core and I want to add greek keyboard layout and set it so as to can change layout using Alt+Shift combo. I installed kmaps.tcz but judging from what I have read, it's difficult to do it on my own without any help. Then I saw this:
CorePlus is an installation image and not the distribution. It is recommended for new users who only have access to a wireless network or who use a non-US keyboard layout. It includes the base Core System and installation tools to provide for the setup with the following options: Choice of 7 Window Managers, Wireless support via many firmware files and ndiswrapper, non-US keyboard support, and a remastering tool.
I thought that CorePlus could be a solution for me. I created a liveUSB and booted from it, but I don't see any non-US keyboard support option. I only see a default option, options about Window Manager, extensions for Installation, Wifi, Firmware, a "command line only" option & a "waitusb=5" option. Nothing else. Any help?
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Read the book: http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/book.html
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Ok. In the book I read this:
If you have kmaps.tcz installed, you can use this bootcode to set the default console keymap. The console keymap is also used by the tiny X servers (Xvesa and Xfbdev), but not the larger X server Xorg.
I have Xorg-7.7 installed. This means I can't change layout?
I exited to prompt and tried:
sudo loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/qwerty/gr-pc.kmap
startx
But it still types latin.
I also tried gr.kmap instead of gr-pc.kmap. Same result.
I still have Tiny Core and not CorePlus installed.
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Hi,
You need a config file. For example
/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Keyboard Defaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gr,us"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection
Note, I haven't tested these setting.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_configuration_in_Xorg
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Thank you. I created /usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf with these settings, rebooted, but still Alt+Shift doesn't change layout to greek.
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Hi andfree
Did you remember to add usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf to your filetool.lst file and run a backup?
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To test Xorg settings, you only need to "Exit to Prompt", either via Exit menu or via CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE key combo.
Then run
startx
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Works for me.
Σορκσ φορ με.
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Hi andfree
Did you remember to add usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf to your filetool.lst file and run a backup?
Hi and thanks for answer. No, I didn't know that. This is the reason that after reboot the config file was disappeared?
How should I edit the filetool.list? It has only three lines (the third is blank):
opt
home
To test Xorg settings, you only need to "Exit to Prompt", either via Exit menu or via CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE key combo.
Then run
startx
It seems to have worked. After ALT+SHIFT it types squares instead of latins. Squares I see when I visit pages with greek characters, too. Does this mean I am missing fonts?
Works for me.
Σορκσ φορ με.
As I said, the second line seems squares to me.
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Yes, the reason this file disappeared is because it wasn't backed-up. One of Core's key features is that it runs in RAM, so any added or edited files that should persist need to be explicitly specified.
To edit .filetool.lst you can either use the filetool GUI,
or
editor /opt/.filetool.lst
or
echo "usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf" >> /opt/.filetool.lst
Note that entries in /opt/.filetool.lst don't use the leading slash ("/").
I can display Greek characters in Firefox.
You could try installing font extensions like dejavu-fonts-ttf.tcz .
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Oops - Sorry, I confused /opt/.filetool.lst with onboot.lst .
Above post corrected.
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Ευχαριστώ πολύ (meaning "thanks a lot"). All worked. I read and write greek both at firefox and opera. But not at editor (there types "?" instead of letters). It's a matter of incompatibility?
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I think you get like many of us, the lack of support for foreigne language in busybox.
And the default terminal(aterm) don't support it.
Install bash and another terminal (lxterminal) to get correct chars.
Look at this thread to see how i fixed it.
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,17945.msg108468.html#msg108468
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Thanks, I'll see it. For the moment, I wanted an editor supporting greek, and leafpad does.
P.S.: Maybe this thread should be moved somewhere else, because I didn't install CorePlus after all.
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Well, I installed bash and lxterminal, but still greek characters are displayed as "?" in lxterminal.
There are also some more problems relative to greeks:
- I can't use greek characters to name a file I create:
Invalid file name
Invalid filename α.txt
But I can do so when I create a directory. I also can do so when I rename a file.
- When I mount my external hard-drive, only files and directories with names in latin appear at rox-filer. Those with greek characters in their names don't.
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Sorry for asking...but do you start bash ??
Or do you change the default shell to bash ??
And do you install kmaps and what commandline args do you use to enable it.
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I changed the default shell to bash, but still greek characters displayed as "?":
tc@box:~$ echo $SHELL
/bin/sh
tc@box:~$ bash
tc@box:~$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
tc@box:~$ ????????
As regards kmaps, I have installed it:
tc@box:~$ tce-load -i kmaps
kmaps is already installed!
But I have no idea what commandline args I should use to enable it.
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Try to add
kmap=qwerty/gr
or
kmap=qwerty/gr-pc
to your commandline
And how to modify your commandline, you may read the core book.
http://tinycorelinux.net/corebook.pdf
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Did you set up a locale? The default, C, supports just ascii. You need either a Greek locale, or an utf8 locale. See the getlocale.tcz extension.
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tc@box:~$ sudo getlocale.sh
I choose el_GR.UTF-8/UTF-8:
Now processing... /
Locales installed. Creating extension... cp: cannot stat '/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive': No such file or directory
\
Done. The extension is at /mnt/sda1/tce/optional/mylocale.tcz and in onboot.lst
Reboot with lang=xyz (for example lang=) to start using this.
Press enter to quit.
tc@box:~$ ????????
Or I choose el_GR/ISO-8859-7:
Now processing... cannot open locale archive "/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive": Read-only file system
Locales installed. Creating extension... /
Done. The extension is at /mnt/sda1/tce/optional/mylocale.tcz and in onboot.lst
Reboot with lang=xyz (for example lang=an_ES) to start using this.
Press enter to quit.
tc@box:~$ ????????
And how to modify your commandline, you may read the core book.
http://tinycorelinux.net/corebook.pdf
Sorry, I can't find where it says about it. Any help to find it?
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What platform do you use??
PC
Raspberry PI
If picore edit your config file like this.
I use nano as editor for easiness.
And all text should be at one line...i start nano with -w to disable linewrap.
tce-load -wi nano.tcz
mount /mnt/mmcblk0p1
sudo nano -w /mnt/mmcblk0p1/cmdline.txt
If PC read "Chapter 10. Bootcodes explained" in book.
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Apart from using bash, an appropriate locale and a capable terminal emulator, it may also be necessary to configure the terminal emulator to use a font which provides requested characters.
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Note, tce-load -wi ... doesn't load the extension if it's already present locally.
So tce-load -w ... ; tce-load -i ... is more reliable in such cases.
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The book says:
If using extlinux, the file is called extlinux.cfg, and the codes are stored in the APPEND line:
APPEND initrd=/boot/core.gz quiet showapps
I don't find an extlinux.cfg, but a /mnt/sda1/tce/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf file.
sudo editor /mnt/sda1/tce/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
DEFAULT core
LABEL core
KERNEL /tce/boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/tce/boot/core.gz quiet waitusb=5:UUID="b7c9ae56-0223-4d78-9cfb-9ece1ebe91e2" tce=UUID="b7c9ae56-0223-4d78-9cfb-9ece1ebe91e2"
I change it like this:
DEFAULT core
LABEL core
KERNEL /tce/boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/tce/boot/core.gz quiet waitusb=5:UUID="b7c9ae56-0223-4d78-9cfb-9ece1ebe91e2" tce=UUID="b7c9ae56-0223-4d78-9cfb-9ece1ebe91e2" kmap=qwerty/gr lang=el.GR
I reboot, but greek characters are still displayed as "?" in lxterminal.
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I can't get lxterminal to display Greek characters either. Not even German umlauts.
URxvt using Bash works.
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I installed urxvt. But greeks aren't displayed there at all and the cursor doesn't move at all when I type greeks.
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You may need to set a different font (f.e. Monospace).
To test, run
urxvt -fn xft:Monospace:pixelsize=11
Then run
bash
and switch to your keyboard layout.
You can make font settings for urxvt permanent by adding the following to ~/.Xdefaults .
URxvt*font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=11
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tc@box:~$ urxvt -fn xft:Monospace:pixelsize=11
urxvt: default locale unavailable, check LC_* and LANG variables. Continuing.
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Do you get something like this with the "locale" command:
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
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tc@box:~$ bash
tc@box:~$ 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=el.GR
LC_CTYPE="el.GR"
LC_NUMERIC="el.GR"
LC_TIME="el.GR"
LC_COLLATE="el.GR"
LC_MONETARY="el.GR"
LC_MESSAGES="el.GR"
LC_PAPER="el.GR"
LC_NAME="el.GR"
LC_ADDRESS="el.GR"
LC_TELEPHONE="el.GR"
LC_MEASUREMENT="el.GR"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="el.GR"
LC_ALL=
tc@box:~$
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When you made mylocale.tcz locally, did you set your "lang=" bootcode to "el.GR" or "el_GR.UTF-8"?
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The locale creation failed above for some reason. Please remove mylocale.tcz, reboot, and try again.
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I remove mylocale.tcz.
I reboot.
sudo getlocale.sh
I choose el_GR.UTF-8/UTF-8.
tc@box:~$ sudo getlocale.sh
Now processing... /
Locales installed. Creating extension... cp: cannot stat '/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive': No such file or directory
\
Done. The extension is at /mnt/sda1/tce/optional/mylocale.tcz and in onboot.lst
Reboot with lang=xyz (for example lang=) to start using this.
Press enter to quit.
tc@box:~$ sudo editor /mnt/sda1/tce/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
I try lang=el_GR:
DEFAULT core
LABEL core
KERNEL /tce/boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/tce/boot/core.gz quiet waitusb=5:UUID="b7c9ae56-0223-4d78-9cfb-9ece1ebe91e2" tce=UUID="b7c9ae56-0223-4d78-9cfb-9ece1ebe91e2" kmap=qwerty/gr lang=el_GR
I reboot.
tc@box:~$ urxvt -fn xft:Monospace:pixelsize=11
urxvt: default locale unavailable, check LC_* and LANG variables. Continuing.
tc@box:~$ bash
I still can't type greek.
I try lang=el_GR.UTF-8:
DEFAULT core
LABEL core
KERNEL /tce/boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/tce/boot/core.gz quiet waitusb=5:UUID="b7c9ae56-0223-4d78-9cfb-9ece1ebe91e2" tce=UUID="b7c9ae56-0223-4d78-9cfb-9ece1ebe91e2" kmap=qwerty/gr lang=el_GR.UTF-8
I reboot.
tc@box:~$ urxvt -fn xft:Monospace:pixelsize=11
urxvt: default locale unavailable, check LC_* and LANG variables. Continuing.
tc@box:~$ bash
I still can't type greek.
tc@box:~$ 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=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
tc@box:~$
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cp: cannot stat '/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive': No such file or directory
This is the error, it's failing to create it for some reason. I can't reproduce, I just booted 7.0 x86, selected el_GR.utf8, and successfully got a greek locale.
Maybe you can run commands from the script manually, one step at a time, and so find out what fails for you?
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I removed mylocale.tcz and rebooted.
tc@box:~$ 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=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="el_GR.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
tc@box:~$ locale -a
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_COLLATE to default locale: No such file or directory
C
POSIX
tc@box:~$
I don't know how to continue.
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I also tried this:
tc@box:~$ locale-gen el_GR.UTF-8
/bin/sh: locale-gen: not found
What other commands should I try?
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At a previous post I wrote:
When I mount my external hard-drive, only files and directories with names in latin appear at rox-filer. Those with greek characters in their names don't.
I also tried nautilus & pcmanfm with same results. With xfe no directories appear at all.
I conclude that it has to do with the language issue.
Some more problems about file-managers:
With all managers referred above, when I try to unmount the drive, I get the message:
umount: can't unmount /mnt/sdb1: Operation not permitted
Finally, when I try to mount it with spacefm, I get the message:
No handler is configured for this device type, or no unmount command is set. Add a handler in Settings|Device Handlers or Protocol Handlers.
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Are you trying to unmount the drive/partition from a terminal window when you are still looking at it with a file manager or "cd'ed" into that driver/partition in the terminal?
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With rox-filer, which is now installed, I'm looking at that drive/partition (and see only directories that their names consist of latin characters). I click to the green arrow at the upper-left of rox-filer window to change to parent directory and get the message:
Do you want to unmount this device?
Unmounting a device makes it safe to remove the disk.
I choose "Unmount" and get the message:
Unmounting /mnt/sdb1
umount: can't unmount /mnt/sdb1: Operation not permitted
Unmount failed
Done
There was one error.
I run in terminal:
tc@box:/mnt$ umount sdb1
umount: can't unmount /mnt/sdb1: Operation not permitted
But if I run
tc@box:/mnt$ sudo umount sdb1
the drive/partition becomes unmounted. So, it's an issue of privileges.
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cp: cannot stat '/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive': No such file or directory
This is the error, it's failing to create it for some reason. I can't reproduce, I just booted 7.0 x86, selected el_GR.utf8, and successfully got a greek locale.
Maybe you can run commands from the script manually, one step at a time, and so find out what fails for you?
Without "sudo" there was not error. But I still couldn't type greek at urxvt.
I tried again getlocale.sh with "sudo" and there was error again.
Any help to find the commands of the script to run them step by step?
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editor $(which getlocale.sh)
After running something like this
sudo nice -n19 localedef -i el_GR -c -f UTF-8 el_GR.UTF-8
sudo nice -n19 localedef -i el_GR -c -f ISO-8859-7 el_GR
/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive should be present.
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I deleted mylocale.tcz (from Dependences & Deletions) and rebooted. Then:
tc@box:~$ sudo nice -n19 localedef -i el_GR -c -f UTF-8 el_GR.UTF-8
cannot create temporary file: /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive.Wmu4ep: No such file or directory
As regards getlocale.sh:
#!/bin/sh
. /etc/init.d/tc-functions
checkroot
SFILE=/usr/local/share/getlocale/SUPPORTED
export tempfile=`mktemp`
temp2=`mktemp`
echo "--separate-output --checklist \"Choose which locales to support:\" 0 42 10 " > $temp2
for i in `cat $SFILE`; do
echo "$i \" \" off \\" >> $temp2
done
dialog --file $temp2 2> $tempfile
[ "$?" -ne 0 ] && exit 1
rm $temp2
clear
echo -e "${BLUE}Press enter to start processing."
read gagme
# Data available. Process.
clear
echo -ne "${BLUE}Now processing... ${CYAN}"
mkdir -p /usr/lib/locale
( for i in `cat $tempfile`; do
dest=${i%%/*}
charset=${i##*/}
locale=${dest%%.*}
nice -n19 localedef -i $locale -c -f $charset $dest
done
echo "$dest" > /tmp/examplelocale
) &
rotdash $!
rm $tempfile
echo -ne "\n${BLUE}Locales installed. Creating extension... ${CYAN}"
( tempdir=`mktemp -d`
cd $tempdir
mkdir -p usr/lib/locale
cp -a /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive usr/lib/locale
cd ..
chmod 755 $tempdir
rm -f mylocale.tcz
mksquashfs $tempdir mylocale.tcz > /dev/null 2>&1
rm -rf $tempdir
) &
rotdash $!
TCEDIR=`cat /opt/.tce_dir 2>/dev/null`
readlink /etc/sysconfig/tcedir >/dev/null && TCEDIR=`readlink /etc/sysconfig/tcedir`
OPTIONAL=${TCEDIR}/optional
cp /tmp/mylocale.tcz $OPTIONAL
grep -q "^mylocale.tcz" ${TCEDIR}/onboot.lst 2>/dev/null || echo "mylocale.tcz" >> ${TCEDIR}/onboot.lst
echo "glibc_gconv.tcz" > ${OPTIONAL}/mylocale.tcz.dep
md5sum ${OPTIONAL}/mylocale.tcz > ${OPTIONAL}/mylocale.tcz.md5.txt
echo -e "\n\n${GREEN}Done. The extension is at ${OPTIONAL}/mylocale.tcz and in onboot.lst"
echo "Reboot with lang=xyz (for example lang=`cat /tmp/examplelocale`) to start using this."
echo -e "\n\nPress enter to quit.${NORMAL}"
read gagme
rm -f /tmp/examplelocale
I'm afraid it's too difficult for me to run it step by step. For example "checkroot" is a command? I tried to run it, and I was not able to continue.
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It looks like you need "sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/locale" first...
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checkroot is a function from /etc/init.d/tc-functions that checks if the user has root privileges.
/etc/init.d/tc-functions is 'sourced' into getlocale.sh , and many Core scripts, so these functions don't need to be rewritten in every script.
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tc@box:~$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/locale
tc@box:~$ sudo nice -n19 localedef -i el_GR -c -f UTF-8 el_GR.UTF-8
tc@box:~$ sudo getlocale.sh
Now processing... /
Locales installed. Creating extension... -
Done. The extension is at /mnt/sda1/tce/optional/mylocale.tcz and in onboot.lst
Reboot with lang=xyz (for example lang=) to start using this.
Press enter to quit.
I reboot, open urxvt and I don't believe in my eyes:
tc@box:~$ bash
tc@box:~$ Ευχαριστώ πολύ means thanks a lot
Many-many thanks.
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Now what remains is the problem with external drive. Still directories with names consisted of greek characters don't appear in rox-filer.
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I tried to open rox-filer from urxvt (with bash) but:
Mounting /mnt/sdb1
mount: can't find /mnt/sdb1 in /etc/fstab
Mount failed
Done
There was one error.
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What are you trying to mount ??
If you mount a fat system you may use some parameters to get the chars correct.
I google a little bit and found this:
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/MountFATFileSystems
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Unfortunatelly it's NTFS.
I can mount it with rox-filer, but it sees only directories which names consist of latin characters. So, I had the idea that if I started rox-filer from urxvt, it would have maybe seen and the directories which names consist of greek character. I don't know if it makes any sense.
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I'm using
sudo mount.ntfs-3g -o iocharset=utf8 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1
Needs ntfs-3g.tcz .
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I'm using
sudo mount.ntfs-3g -o iocharset=utf8 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1
Needs ntfs-3g.tcz .
This got the job done. Thanks one more time.
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I installed the latest version of firefox and the menus are in greek. Why does this happen and what to do to change it in english?
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It's the locale that sets the language of program.
You can try to start firefox with another lang settings from command line.
(export LANG=C;firefox)
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If you mean to add this code at the APPEND line of extlinux.conf, it didn't work.
I have already removed mylocale extension from the onboot list and I have also removed at all the "lang=" option from extlinux.conf, but still firefox is in greek.
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I don't mean you should change the command line args to kernel.
Just try to start firefox from the terminal command line.
With my suggested command.
Sorry this forum is for core linux questions, you should better find your answers to this type of questions on some regular linux forums and http://lmgtfy.com/?q=change+language+in+firefox+linux (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=change+language+in+firefox+linux) and like stackoverflow.
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When your Firefox extension was created by firefox_getLatest.sh, the script downloaded the Firefox package based on your locale settings at that time.
For whatever reason you want to get back to English, you would need to re-run firefox_getLatest.sh with the locale not set to anything else than the default, to get an English version of Firefox.
I don't mean to e rude, but you seem to run into every possible obstacle new Core Linux users may encounter, if they do not read the f manual.
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Thank you, it worked.
In fact, I want all menus in english, so I don't think there's a reason to reset the locale to greek again.
You are right. Unfortunatelly, the obstacles were too many for me to face them with only the help of the book, but I'll try to do it better.
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Great that your problem get solved.
superuser.com (http://superuser.com) is also a good site to get answers from.
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Hi, I'm using German keymap, not Greek, I'm going a different way to set up my keyboard, it may look a bit suboptimal.
But it works reliably and sometimes I explain it successfully to newbies via chat.
It needs a Frugal Installation (on USB-Stick or HDD) and can be done after Restart of a fresh installed Frugal Installation. (but could also be done later)
- If kmaps.tcz isn't just installed, do it now. (using the tc Apps browser)
- open a Terminal and type in the following very long line (extend the terminal to fit into), and press Enter
tc@box:~$ echo 'loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/qwertz/de-latin1-nodeadkeys.kmap' >> /opt/bootlocal.sh
Check whether it is ok using the following command:
tc@box:~$ cat /opt/bootlocal.sh
#!/bin/sh
# put other system startup commands here
loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/qwertz/de-latin1-nodeadkeys.kmap
tc@box:~$
The /opt/bootlocal.sh should look like this.
Now open the /home/tc/.xsession file using the editor:
tc@box:~$ editor .xsession
In the editor move to the 3rd line and press enter to insert an empty line
Insert the following content to this line:
sleep 3 && xmodmap -e "clear Mod4" -e "add Mod5 = Mode_switch" &
Save this file and close it, close the terminal and reboot. Up from now this installation uses German keys.
This could easily adapted for a Greek (and other languages) keyboard:
Open a terminal and type in:
tc@box:~$ echo 'loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/qwerty/gr-pc.kmap' >> /opt/bootlocal.sh
and, within .xsession insert a new 3rd line containing:
sleep 3 && xmodmap -e "clear Mod4" -e "add Mod5 = Mode_switch" &
Save it and reboot. Now the keyboard should write Greek characters.
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Hello, everybody. I have tried everything and the only thing I managed to do is alt+shift= (it does not show here) mostly latin characters with accents and a Delta, only at the text prompt. Excuse my poor english, but please a DEFINITIVE method to have greek letters typing in Tiny Core. Thank you.
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Hi kostandis loukos
Welcome to the forum.
Load kmaps.tcz.
I see 2 files for greek, gr.kmap and gr-pc.kmap. If one doesn't work correctly, try again with the other.
You must be in the console to change the keyboard. If you are in the GUI, click on the Exit icon and select Exit to Prompt.
Then execute the following command:
sudo loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/qwerty/gr.kmap
startxIf the keyboard is to your liking, click on the Editor icon and add the following line to your /opt/bootsync.sh file:
loadkmap < /usr/share/kmap/qwerty/gr.kmap
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Well thank you, but it does not work, with either combination, gr-pc.kmap or gr.kmap.
Perhaps I should try with setxkbmap, but although i have all Xorg tczs installed the command is not recognized by the terminal server. The letters remain english in the terminal, in text editors including LibreOffice...
The only thing that has worked until now is what i told before, via .filetool.lst, as described in other threads and insofar it has produced only accented latin on the console.
Thank you.