[olug] Knopix/Debian

[Tom]

Thanks Irv.
Got the language and keyboard changed and that worked great (guess will have
to learn German :)
Will work on the link after work.  Off I go.  Thanks again..

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org]On Behalf Of
Irv Cobb
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:03 AM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Knopix/Debian


Tom wrote:

>A friend sent me a CD with Knopix/Debian on it and I installed it.  Seems
>pretty nice except I have a few issues I can't seem to resolve.  I know
part
>of the problem is I am fairly new to Linux.  I installed it and the root is
>English but when I add a user it installs that user in German.
>
When you first login to a new user account, the KDE Wizard runs. The
first screen in (I think - working from memory here) lets you set the
langauage for KDE to use. Set it to American English and you're good to go.

In a user account that's already set up in German, you can change it by
running the KDE Control Center, which is the icon in kicker with the
blue gear and green PC card (or you can click K / Einstellungen /
Kontrolzentrum). In the Control Center, click the plus sign in in front
of "Regional-Einstellungen & Zugangshilfen" and then click "Land/Region
& Sprache) . You'll see a pull-down with the German flag and
"Deutschland" in it. Pull this down, choose "Amerika/Nordiches" and then
"USA". Control Center should switch to English. Click "Anwenden" in the
lower right corner to apply.

You'll also want to change your keyboard layout in Control
Center/Regional & Accessibility/Keyboard layout.

There may be a couple of other language settings. Control Center is your
friend. :-)

Logout the user and then log back in and you should be set.

>Then when I
>try to install a new package it says it can't find a valid C compiler.  I
>had another person ask the version and it came up as TESTING/UNSTABLE.  Any
>help or ideas.  Thanks
>
>
Knoppix installs gcc-3.2 and gcc-2.95 in /usr/bin and then links gcc to
gcc-3.2 (still in /usr/bin). You can delete or rename the gcc link and
create a new gcc link in /usr/bin that links to gcc-2.95. This has
worked for me, for instance with the nvidia drivers. I suggest that when
you're done compiling you switch the link back to pointing to gcc-3.2 so
your system is always in a known state.

Holler if this all isn't clear enough.

Irv

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