locale won't set to fr_FR

[wsteven]

Hello,

I did set locale to fr with the wizard, but I still get a qwerty keyboard. Modifying manually /etc/profile.d/lang.sh with

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export LANG=fr_FR

didn't help

Any idea?
Thanks,
Steven

[fanthom]

"I did set locale to fr with the wizard,"
i guess you meant keyboard layout?
i have tested it myself: ran kiosk wizard -> choosen 'fr' as kbd layout -> got 'azerty' when typed in the firefox address bar

the fault must be on your side. please try again.

[wsteven]

Thanks for your answer fanthom. I tested again, what is funny is that kbd layout is indeed correct in firefox. But not with system shell, if I switch with ctrl-alt-f1 I'm back with the US layout.

[fanthom]

kiosk wizard supports setting keyboard layout for GUI only (which covers 99.99% of cases).

if you want french kbd in console then you'll have to follow this doc:
http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:localization
and pay attention to setting the console font and keymaps chapter.

i'm sure that kiosk is missing many required files so heavy tweaking may be required.

[wsteven]

Ok then I'll pass this one
Thanks for the precise answer

[francois]

Bonjour wsteven:

In console mode did you try to use

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setxkbmap fr

Maybe putting this file in rootcopy could be enough for your needs. This is a long shot as I do not work on kiosk already. But maybe this weekend, as it might be helpful for the office.

[wsteven]

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root@porteus:~# setxkbmap fr
Cannot open display "default display"

Thanks for your concern, but no luck