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2009/1/20 <zhangweiwu@××××××.com> |
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> Hello. I have |
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> zhangweiwu@esmeralda:~$ grep --invert-match ^# /etc/locale.gen |
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> zh_CN.UTF-8 UTF-8 |
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> en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 |
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> de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8 |
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> For most applications, I can start it in any language I wish to use. |
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> e.g. if I want to start abiword in en_US, I can do this: |
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> zhangweiwu@esmeralda:~$ LANG=en_US abiword |
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> However this method doesn't work for firefox and thunderbird. Both |
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> always starts in German (note German is the last, a.k.a. least preferred |
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> language for me, in /etc/locale.gen) |
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> I checked that I do have thunderbird installed with linguas_en_US (see |
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> below emerge output). If it is installed with that language version, it |
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> should be able to run in that language version. How can I start |
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> thunderbird in en_US? |
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> zhangweiwu@esmeralda:~$ sudo emerge -pv mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird |
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> These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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> Calculating dependencies... done! |
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> [ebuild R ] mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.19 USE="crypt ipv6 |
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> ldap replytolist xinerama xprint -bindist -debug -gnome -mozdom -moznopango" |
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> LINGUAS="de en_US -af -be -bg -ca -cs -da -el -en -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES |
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> -eu -fi -fr -ga -ga_IE -he -hu -it -ja -ko -lt -mk -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO |
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> -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ru -sk -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -uk -zh -zh_CN |
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> -zh_TW" 0 kB |
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> Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB |
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Im not sure how to solve your problem, but you should know that |
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/etc/locale.gen isnt used by the system to determine what language to use, |
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its only used by glibc to provide the relevant language support within glibc |
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only. |
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To set system wide language preferences you need to edit your environment |
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variables using /etc/env.d/02locale, for some useful info see this guide: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml |
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It may not fix your problem but it should help you at least ensure your |
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system is setup correctly for the languages you want to use. |
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- Nick |
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