Bug#263137: rootskel: serial console won't accept other languages

[Kenshi Muto <kmuto@debian.org>]

Hi,

At Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:44:54 +0100,
Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Kenshi Muto <kmuto@debian.org> [2004-08-03 12:52]:
> > I tried serial console installation for i386, but this looks support
> > only in English.
> > 
> > languagechooser shows many languages, but for example, when I choice
> > Japanese, it goes hang up and local characters are hidden (even if I
> 
> Serial console installs hanging with languages other than English is a
> known problem.  What does your fix do?  Do serial console installs in
> !English work with it?

In my view, "hang up" always occurs when it displays a progress bar, and
maybe is by C.UTF-8/C.ASCII mismatch problem. By defining C.UTF-8 for LANG
even if user use serial console (I attched a patch #263137), I believe
this problem will be solved. At least ja_JP and fr_FR become work (some
Japanese characters are corruted. hmm. This is terminal problem).

My test environment:
- Host: VMWare, d-i RC1, with option "linux console=ttyS0,57600"
- Terminal: Debian + mlterm (UTF-8) + minicom

Thanks,
-- 
Kenshi Muto
kmuto@debian.org