Arch linux localization settings and stuff

craptakular

craptakular

craptakular

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lo,

Im trying out arch linux mainly due to people raving about it on here. However, I have got a little stuck.

What do I have to change these parameters to for a standard uk setup:

Beginners should also choose to use the hwdetect results for /etc/mkinitcpio/kernel26-fallback.conf. This ensures consistent ordering of your hard disk controllers.


Code: 
    * LOCALIZATION section
          o LOCALE=: This sets your system locale, which will be used by all i18n-aware applications and utilities. You can get a list of the available locales by running 'locale -a' from the command line. This setting's default is fine for US English users.
          o HARDWARECLOCK=: Specifies whether the hardware clock, which is synchronized on bootup and on shutdown, stores UTC time, or the localtime. UTC makes sense because it greatly simplifies changing timezones and daylight savings time. localtime is necessary if you dual boot with an operating system such as Windows, that only stores localtime to the hardware clock.
          o TIMEZONE=: Specify your TIMEZONE. (All available zones are under /usr/share/zoneinfo/).
          o KEYMAP=: The available keymaps are in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps. Please note that this setting is only valid for your TTYs, not any graphical window managers or X!
          o CONSOLEFONT=: Available console fonts reside under /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ if you must change. The default (blank) is safe.
          o CONSOLEMAP=: Defines the console map to load with the setfont program on bootup. Possible maps are found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans, if needed. The default (blank) is safe.
          o USECOLOR=: Select "yes" if you have a color monitor and wish to have colors in your consoles.

What keyboard shortcuts do i need to use to save the file using the nano editor?

If I could get this working over the weekend I would be extremely happy!
 
Hi,

Nice job chosing arch, you wont regret it (hopefully) :)

I cant help with nano as ive never used it, but if you select VI in the setup instead, just press i to change to insert mode, then to save/exit press Esc then :wq (which is write & quit).

This is how my current uk box looks (rc.conf):

Code: 
LOCALE="en_GB.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Europe/London"
KEYMAP="uk"
CONSOLEFONT="default8x16"
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

To use the en_GB local, you need to uncomment it in the locale section of the setup, again easy enough to do with VI just remove the # from the start of the two lines in the locale config file.


Hope thats some help,
Jack
 
With Nano, Ctrl+X to 'exit', if you've changed the file it will prompt you then whether you want to save, so usually just hitting enter after Ctrl+X will save the file and exit,

Or, if you just want to save without exiting then Ctrl+O is the one...
 
Another question is arch gonna play nice with my 8800GT?

Having fiddled with ubuntu for 18 months I have learnt a little, but am still a beginner I feel.

I had to use the following boot commands:

noapic apci=off nosplash vga=791

At least im learning! Just hope I can get a working distro by end of monday.
 
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