Okay, erst wägen, dann wagen, here are the attachments. Milan -- Hello Klaus, I finally resolved the matter, it required quite an effort to put the various pieces of documentation together - in general, not in Knoppix :-). See below for further comments. V Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:53:31 +0100 Klaus Knopper <debian-knoppix@knopper.net> napsáno: > Hello Milan, > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 04:23:23PM +0100, Milan Knížek wrote: > > I used (in various order): > > > > x setupcon + its configuration files /etc/default/console-setup > > and /etc/default/keyboard. (CHARMAP=UTF-8, CODESET=Lat2, > > FONTFACE=Terminus, FONTSIZE=16) Probably not needed at all. > > > > x unicode_start > > unicode_start is correct, also, you could remove the default boot > option "vt.default_utf8=0" from syslinux.cfg. Yup, this is anyway set by knoppix-autoconfig as long as LANG includes "UTF-8". > > > x loadkeys -u cz-us-qwertz > > x consolechars -f Lat2-Terminus16 > > Isn't Lat2-Terminus16 an isolatin font, NOT an UTF-8 font? > > The Unicode console fonts start, as far as, I know, with "Uni...". Despite the misleading name, Lat2 are also unicode fonts (and actually work better, for the use of Uni2 lead to temporarily distorted text during boot). > > I looked up the font setup in my Arch linux and Debian install. > > > > Could it be because Knoppix does not have something relating to > > UTF-8 compiled in the console tools? > > Knoppix just uses the standard Debian console tools. I try to avoid > forking packages to stay compatible in Debian. Just the startup > process differs, in order to have working safe fallbacks in case > something fails to start in "optimal" mode. The trouble was that bash in console did not have the LC_* variables setup. Bash is sourcing /etc/profile, but that one was left untouched by knoppix-autoconfig. Also, in order to see the the accented characters one must set not only LANG, but also LC_ALL (or some part of its subset could be enough). I am attaching the updated /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig and /etc/profile - some of the changes may not be so "proper", however it should give you an idea of what I had to change. Thanks for your responses and keep up the good work on Knoppix! regards, Milan -- http://www.milan-knizek.net/ About linux and photography (Czech only) O linuxu a fotografování
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