Re: Booting a system in a specific language

[scootergrisen]

Den 04-02-2017 kl. 18:52 skrev Andrei Borzenkov:
> 04.02.2017 20:47, scootergrisen пишет:
> > Den 04-02-2017 kl. 18:26 skrev Andrei Borzenkov:
> > > 04.02.2017 20:04, scootergrisen пишет:
> > > > I test out different Linux distributions and some distributions offer to
> > > > select language during boot and some does not.
> > > >
> > > > It helps when i can select language and keyboard layout etc. during boot
> > > > so i dont have to change the language etc. from inside GNOME or what
> > > > ever.
> > > >
> > > > But does GRUB have anything to do about booting a system in a specific
> > > > language or does each distribution modify GRUB to be able to change
> > > > language.
> > > >
> > > > Some distributions seem to be able to change the language of the GRUB
> > > > boot menu and some does not.
> > >
> > > Internally GRUB supports l10n (reimplementation of gettext). Some
> > > distributions install language catalogs; how they select them is
> > > distribution-dependent. But grub-mkconfig and scripts that are shipped
> > > with GRUB itself do not make use of this and emit strings in fixed
> > > language, as set at the time grub-mkconfig runs so you cannot change
> > > menu language without regenerating it. That would be something to
> > > consider after 2.02 release.
> > >
> > > As for keyboard layout, unfortunately only at_keyboard supports run-time
> > > switch and it apparently has problems on real hardware. Default BIOS
> > > input driver has fixed layout. There was proposed patch to implement
> > > layouts on top of extended keyboard BIOS interface.
> >
> > For example if i try Ubuntu live image.
> > I'm not sure if it uses GRUB but i think so.
> > When the image starts and i press a button i can select language.
> >
> > And i get something that looks a bit like
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=grub2.theme.bennett.png
> > where you have F2 and F3 at the bottom to select language and keyboard
> > layout.
> >
> > If i select my language the menus changes to my language and also the
> > keyboard layout changes. This i really nice i think but it seems most
> > distribution dont offer this on boot... so i have to use GRUB in english
> > and change language when i get into GNOME or what ever.
> >
> > Where does this "F1 Help F2 Language F3 Keymap..." come from?
>
> Most likely syslinux

It looks like this almost:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Ubuntu_options_boot_screen.png

On https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 it says GRUB 2 is default 
bootloader and under https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Themes 
there is an image with the menu with "F1 Help F2 Language".

> > In Debian for example i have to manually type what language to start in
> > and keymap to use and this is not so nice because first i have to
> > remember what to type (cant use webbrowser to search for it) and
> > different distributions seems to use different codes and also the menu
> > during boot is in english and the keyboard layout is incorrect so it
> > makes it harder to type in the codes like "=" and "_" and "-" because
> > they are not on the correct places during boot.
> >
> > Basically i'm trying to help get Linux distributions better in my
> > langauge so we can have danish translation from the beginning like the
> > Ubuntu live image i tested.
> >
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