Re: [tlug] Japanese in Xandros

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Scott Robbins wrote:

Before we get on to what Scott wrote, I am breaking in to explain that 
this is the output from Console as I invoke each of Scott's recommended 
commands:

> Theoretically (as the fortune quote goes, Theoretically means, "Not
> really" with a locale of en_US.UTF-8 (FreeBSD designation, not sure what
> it is in Debian) you should be able to input Japanese with a scim-anthy
> combination. I remember you saying you'd used EUC and I believe that is
> how you typed it.  The first thing to do is see how your particular
> distribution phrases it.  To do that
>
> locale -a | grep ja_JP

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_COLLATE to default locale: No such file or directory

> So, try it at its simplest.  I don't know if Xandros uses gnome or KDE,
> but regardless, we'll try something that should work in either one. 
>
> See if scim is running.  (For the rest of this, I'll put a $ in front of
> anything that should be typed in a terminal as a command.)
>
> $ pgrep scim

no response, just issued a new line.

BTW, I dropped "$" as I am in Administrator console and "~#" is preset. 
 I keep getting a response:

bash: $:  command not found

so I quit using the symbol to see what would happen.

> If you get a response (probably a few lines of numbers), well and good.
> If not then
>
> $ scim -d

Smart Common Input Method 1.4.7

Launching a SCIM daemon with Socket FrontEnd...
Loading simple Config module ...
Creating backend ...
Loading socket FrontEnd module ...
Starting SCIM as daemon ...
Launching a SCIM process with x11...
Loading socket Config module ...
Creating backend ...
Loading x11 FrontEnd module ...

and then, it stops, making me think this party is over until something 
can be fixed.

> Hopefully, you'll get something to the effect that scim has been
> started. 

Nope.  So, I guess we've located Problem Number One.  Based upon some of 
your other comments, would the best first thing to do is issue "make 
uninstall"s for the four programs I installed manually and reinstall 
them using "apt-get"?

<Rest snipped until it is needed in a later message>

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CL