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  • System issues here

    From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to All on Thu Jan 1 00:19:13 2026
    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.

    So that a bit of an issue as i have no idea how to install it outside kde.

    So will have to run a update but another reboot windows loaded and I am not offered an option to go to the boot manager so
    cannot boot into the DVD Linux install.

    Hopefully the solution might come to me later today after a sleep - there again may be not.

    The bbs is up and working as far as I can tell so you should not notice these issues but ##i will have to close it at some
    point while i try and find a solution some time after 12:00 GMT - I wake up slowly these days but my excuse is i am 78 :(

    More later providing I sort these issues out.


    Vincent


    --- Mageia Linux v9 X64/Mbse v1.1.1/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)
  • From Keyop to Vincent Coen on Sun Jan 4 19:24:23 2026
    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
    "

    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

    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