Missing language file and wrong timezone

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Missing language file and wrong timezone

#1 Post by bpuppy »

The cf file (french canadian) for the keyboard layout is often missing and the program that allows choosing a timezone is erroneous about Montreal, Quebec which is declared a GMT-8 zone (like British Columbia) when it should be GMT-5.

It would be appreciated if these could be fixed permanently in every new distribution.

Thank you

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#2 Post by musher0 »

Yeah, that happened in earlier Puppies. There's a little Spanish city called Montreal on an island in the middle of the Atlantic... (no winter! you wish !) :) Incidentally, that was not a Puppy error, but the initial upstream author did not know geography!

What Puppy are you using ?

For me, I am currently using wary 5.5.
My cf keyboard is indicated at startup of the disk (in the grub listing), as pkeys=cf, and I have no problem.

No problem either with the timezone, it is recognized correctly in wary 5.5 when you click Montreal in the timezone list the first time you specify your settings.

(Tu peux me répondre en français si tu préfères. Par ailleurs, le forum a une section d'aide en français assez bien garnie ici : http://murga-linux.com/puppy/index.php?f=26)

Bonne journée !

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CF keyboard layout

#3 Post by bpuppy »

I am using puppy_precise_5.3.0, but it has happened on most puppy distros i used... so it's not a matter of version.

..et merci pour le lien francais!

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Re: CF keyboard layout

#4 Post by musher0 »

bpuppy wrote:I am using puppy_precise_5.3.0, but it has happened on most puppy distros i used... so it's not a matter of version.

..et merci pour le lien francais!
Ok. Comment inscris-tu ton clavier canadien-français une fois DANS Puppy ?
La façon normale est :

Menu -> Settings -> Wizards -> Mouse/keyboard -> Advanced Configuration
Puis le clavier (normalement un de 105 touches, pour avoir les accents)
Ensuite Modèle -> Remplacer

là, ça dépend de comment tu veux faire tes accents :
si tu as l'habitude de faire "à" avec (apostrophe à côté de la touche Retour) + la lettre "a", choisis le clavier "qc"
si tu as l'habitude de faire le "à" avec la touche "|" en-dessous du "backspace", choisis "Canada".

Ensuite, choisis le sous-groupe (variantes)
avec le clavier qc, c'est pour la forme, tu n'as qu'un choix, fr-legacy, qui confirme le clavier qc.
avec le clavier ca, tu choisis normalement "multi" comme sous-groupe. À moins que tu sois un Inu, auquel cas tu choisis "ike", inuktitut.
Attention, le clavier fr-legacy sous "Canada" est pas tout à fait le même que celui sous "qc". Mais si "multi" n'est pas à ton goût, essaie celui-là, l'essentiel est que tu sois à l'aise pour écrire.

Ensuite, fais Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, et tape

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xwin jwm 
# ou xwin icewm
# ou xwin pekwm
# selon le gestionnaire que tu utilises habituellement.
Tu reviens dans Puppy. Ouvre un éditeur de texte et tape une petite phrase avec plusieurs accents, genre
"Mon frère ira au mois d'août à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard."
Si ça marche, bravo !, t'as rien d'autre à faire.

Si ça marche toujours pas, pour le clavier "qc", tu peux mettre un petit script dans /root/Startup
avec la commande suivante :

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#!/bin/sh
# /root/Startup/clavier_qc.sh
####
setxkbmap qc
Et ça, ça va enclencher ton clavier "qc" à chaque démarrage.
(J'ai jamais essayé avec le clavier "ca multi". Désolé. Probablement que ça marchera aussi. Si c'est ce clavier-là qu'il te faut, dis-le-moi, je ferai des essais et un script pour.)

J'espère que ça t'aide.

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#5 Post by Karl Godt »

You can see here :
Setting Time Zone :http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 696#577696
Also already in the BUG section since 29 Oct 2011 .

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Missing language file and wrong timezone

#6 Post by bpuppy »

I did use the "report bug" section and not the "how to", did i not?

I am reporting a missing cf file for the keyboard layout, that is the one i need. Sorry, but the rest is irrelevant.

Thanks for your advice, but in this particular case, it is not helping.

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Re: Missing language file and wrong timezone

#7 Post by Karl Godt »

bpuppy wrote: I am reporting a missing cf file for the keyboard layout, that is the one i need. Sorry, but the rest is irrelevant.

Thanks for your advice, but in this particular case, it is not helping.
You said :
and the program that allows choosing a timezone is erroneous about Montreal, Quebec which is declared a GMT-8 zone (like British Columbia) when it should be GMT-5.

It would be appreciated if these could be fixed permanently in every new distribution.
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Re: Missing language file and wrong timezone

#8 Post by musher0 »

bpuppy wrote:I did use the "report bug" section and not the "how to", did i not?

I am reporting a missing cf file for the keyboard layout, that is the one i need. Sorry, but the rest is irrelevant.

Thanks for your advice, but in this particular case, it is not helping.
I'm sorry if my post was not helpful.

Do you not have the "qc" AND "ca" keyboard files in folder
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc ?
(Please see attached pic.) If not, I'll upload them here.

It would also help to know what version of Puppy you are using.

Thanks in advance.

As to the the timezone, you can either choose < GMT -5 "Bogota, Lima, New York" >, since Montréal and New York are in the same time zone, or < Canada/Eastern >. Both refer to the correct timezone for Montréal, Qc.

Regards.

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