(Forgot to reply to list.) On 12/26/11, Osamu Aoki <os...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 09:10:48PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: >> For reasons I don't care to debate, I have set my system's default >> language to Japanese. When I go to work in the virtual console windows >> (for instance, apt-get), I tend to get messages that should be in >> Japanese, but the Japanese is replaced by the Unicode replacement >> characters ("?"), which is no problem unless I hit some errors. Which, >> of course is a problem.. > > Normal Linux console is only good for UTF-8 within latin-like > characters. > >> Trying to search the web for this, and all I can see is old stuff, >> stuff about game consoles, and stuff about setting up X11. I know I >> should be able to get better results, but I'm not very imaginative. > > For example, Debian console installer runs on virtual console with > japanese display or any fancy characters. This is because they run > special terminal program. > >> Should be the same set of issues, except for the specific parameters, >> for any large-character-set language. > > jfbterm > fbterm-ucimf > fbterm > bogl-bterm
apt-get show fbterm tells me fbterm is installed, but I don't see any .fbtermrc files in the user directories when I login to the virtual consoles. Do you have a recommendation? > Try one of these with appropriate font packages. I think you can get > Japanese display. The man page for fbterm doesn't seem to be telling me how to set it up. I'm going to have to re-read it a few times, I guess. >> Anyone with a clue for me? > > But for all practical purpose, Use X or run aptitude on normal Linux > console under any Locale with: > > $ sudo LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 aptitude > or > $ sudo LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 aptitude > > Then you can read it :-) > > Osamu > Well, I've had running X11 sessions fight with upgraded X11 packages in the past, and had to manually cycle power to bring the system back up (no ping, even), so I prefer to do the apt-get upgrade in a virtual console shell, where X11 can stay out of the way. As for why the system itself is set up in Japanese, well, I have not been able to bring my children up bi-lingual, and I want them to be able to get around my computers, I've habitually set them up Japanese. (Now that my son is in high school, I sometimes question the wisdom of this plan. But there's no way to teach the guy the reasons why without letting him do stupid things, so I just put up with it.) Joel Rees -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAAr43iPKyf=fpznp3hmeqjr39ayy7gezjjaibn-ynybvo+r...@mail.gmail.com