Unfortunately, even with the configuration recommended in number 3, we have problems with locale on Debian Sarge. Upgrading to Etch, it worked fine.
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:13 AM, Peter Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > If you Google "tsm ubuntu" you will see that many folks have gotten it > to > > work using varying methods, such as "alien". Here is an example.... > > > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/unclug/2007-August/000404.html > > We re-package the TSM client for our environment, including packaging > it for our debian/ubuntu users. If you want to get the client working > on ubuntu there are a few things to note: > > 1. The dsmj script requires ksh (sudo apt-get install ksh) > 2. dsmj needs Sun java not gij (check wih "java -version"): > 1. check you have the multiverse enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list > 2. sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre > 3. double check java runs the Sun jre not gij: > update-alternatives --display java > java -version > 3. Ubuntu does not seem to have 8-bit ISO8859-1 locales installed by > default. If you only have UTF8 filenames on the disk then a UTF8 > locale ("locale" command shows ??_??.UTF-8) will suffice when backing > up. However, if you have any filenames in non-UTF8 encodings then you > probably want to use "en_US" so you do not get any "ANS4042E Object > name contains unrecognized characters" errors. If the "en_US" locale > is not listed with "locale -a" you need to install it with: > > sudo locale-gen en_US > > then you can run backups with: > > LANG=en_US LC_ALL=en_US dsmc incr > > With this, characters in all encodings will get backed up: ISO8859, > UTF-8 etc. If you try "en_US" and it isn't installed, it looks like > it defaults back to 7-bit C/POSIX and all characters >127 get > skipped. > > Aside from these little gotchas, and the fact that this is officially > unsupported, the client functions fine on all recent Debain and Ubuntu > machines. > > > Hope this helps, > > Pete > > -- > Peter Jones > Senior Specialist (HFS) > Oxford University Computing Services > -- __________________________________ Leandro Mazur