Re: openoffice in chroot
Alexandru Cabuz <alexcabuz@gmail.com> writes:
> I set up a chroot last night following the instructions in the howto.
> By the way, that AMD64 howto needs some updating. There are some details
> that are not mentioned. Like when and how to run base-config to set up
> the chroot environment, and whatnot, and when and how one should run
> aptitude to install all the packages. The debootstrap just installs a
> base system. Also it's not clear if the proc and /tmp filesystems
> should be put in the fstab in the 64 system or in the chroot and it's
> not clear at what point int the boostrapping procedure exactly this
> mounting should be done. There
> are a couple of things where the howto does not specify where you're
> supposed to do it, inside or outside the chroot.
>
> I managed to install it though, though I ran aptitude and installed a
> bunch of stuff BEFORE I ran base-config, and while apt was installing
> packages I was constantly getting messages complaining about locale
> not being defined. My locale is supposed to be french.
>
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> LANGUAGE = "fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en",
> LC_ALL = "fr_FR",
> LANG = "fr_FR@euro"
> are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> 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
>
> Hundreds of times.
>
> Now when I try to run openoffice, the window appears, with french
> menus for just a fraction of a second, then it switches to english.
> And when I try to go to File New, to create a new document openoffice
> displays this to the console and then hangs.
>
> I18N: Operating system doesn't support locale ""
>
> Maybe it's because it was installed before the locale was set up for
> the chroot so it didn't know how to configure itself... or something.
>
> So what is supposed to be the correct sequence in order to set up a
> 386 chroot correctly, and is there a way to get openoffice running
> now, without reinstalling the whole chroot?
dpkg-reconfigure locales inside the chroot and make sure french
locales are generated. If OO then still misbehaves this is a bug in
OO and should be reported.
After reporting it try "apt-get install --reinstall <OO packages>".
>
> Oh, btw, mozilla works, but not the flash plugin (inside the chroot).
>
> Thanks
>
> Alex.
MfG
Goswin
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