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От : Vincent Coen 2:250/1 04 янв 26 23:06:23
К : Keyop 04 янв 26 02:20:02
Тема : System issues here
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Hello Keyop!
04 Jan 26 19:24, you wrote to me:
> Re: System issues here
> By: Vincent Coen to All on Thu Jan 01 2026 00:19:13
>> Hello everybody!
>>
>> Well when using the Linux system the screen behaved oddly as when
>> moving the mouse the screen content moved with the direction of
>> the mouse left, right up down - horrible. So rebooted forgetting
>> that I had change the font type from UTF-8 to 8859-15 and did not
>> see that the new one was loaded and low and behold on reboot it
>> cannot find it and the kde environment does not come up only the
>> character based login screens etc.
> Gemini suggests the following to change the font back:
> "
>> System Locale Settings in Mageia
> Check Locales: Use locales -a in the terminal to list available
> locales. Configure Locales: Ensure your system language settings
> (e.g., LC_ALL, LANG) are set to a UTF-8 version (e.g., en_US.UTF-8 or
> fr_FR.UTF-8) through the Mageia Control Center or by editing
> /etc/locale.conf "
That is set as en_GB.UTF-8:en_GB:en
I am guessing that there is a setting for the KDE element that is looking for
8859-15 but cannot find out where and for Mageia there is no locales command
as me or via sudo, nor man locales or using info.
> If you`re not too familiar with vi or vim, "nano" is possibly
> installed which is an easier editor to use if you dont like vim.
> sudo nano /etc/locale.conf
> Also you can start the gui from the command line with:
> startx
Lots of error messages and connection refused trying as me and as sudo.
> assuming you`re at the PC running that variant of linux and not
> connecting remotely.
> Let me know if you`re still stuck - happy to jump on a call and help
> you sort it out.
> K
Vincent
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