utf-8 in slackware 11.0 cyrillic font only on tty1

__saint · 06-21-2007, 03:01 PM

hi *

I try to add support for ru_RU.UTF-8 to Slackware 11.0. For this, I just do the following:

Code:

1) cat > /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap << "EOF"
   #!/bin/sh
   if [ -x /usr/bin/loadkeys ]; then
       /usr/bin/loadkeys ru-utf.my.map.gz
   fi
 
2) chmod a+x /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap

3) cat > /etc/rc.d/rc.font << "EOF"
   #!/bin/sh
   unicode_start cyr-sun16

4) cat > /etc/profile.d/lang.sh << "EOF"
   #!/bin/sh
   export LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8
   export LC_COLLATE=ru_RU.UTF-8

5) in file /usr/bin/unicode_start I change line

    echo -n -e '33%G'

   with

    for n in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
     echo -n -e '\033%G' > /dev/tty$n
    done

7) in file /usr/share/locale/locale.alias I find line "russian" and change it
to:

    russuin ru
    ru ru_RU
    ru_RU ru_RU.UTF-8

So after I do the above and reboot it begins work, but only in /dev/tty1 and in /dev/pts/* i.e in the first virtual console (/dev/vc/1) and in pseudo-terminals (/dev/pts/*). But it doesn't work on the other virtual consoles (tty2 - tt6). Any suggestions?

thanks in advance

iiv · 06-22-2007, 11:40 AM

I didn't edit the unicode_start; as i believe it it shouldn't be. I just have this in my rc.font:
/usr/bin/unicode_start cyr-sun16
for n in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
echo -n -e '\033%G' > /dev/tty$n
done

Using UTF-8 is still not recommended as many programs are still not ready to support it.