[Fedora-i18n-list] Thai not working

[Leon Ho]

I will dump my 2 cents. See if you able to get it working:
- does fontconfig able to list the font you have installed? (ie.
fc-list)
- does font support the code ranges that needed? Check with a program
called "gucharmap".

Leon

On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 13:38, John Francis Lee wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We have an internet cafe here in Chiang Rai and run
> rh8.0. We like it. I'm trying to keep up and have
> installed Fedora Core 1 on on of our machines and home
> to promulgate the installation to all via sisuite,
> once it's debugged.
> 
> The problem is with Thai. I installed using American
> English, but installed support for all languages. 
> 
> Yet when I try to chose thai at the gdm login prompt,
> only the UTF-8 place holder characters show up.
> 
> I wrestled with similar problems with rh8.0, and was
> able to "fix" some machines and not others, though the
> installations seemed indentical to me.
> 
> I would really like to get Thai working on all my
> machines, as you may well imagine.
> 
> Any and all help appreciated.
> 
> I have installed :
>  thai-fonts-ttf-0.1-alt2.src.rpm   
>  thai-ttf-0.2.1-4.noarch.rpm      
>  thaixfonts-1.2.4-1.noarch.rpm
>  PlaDaoFont-1.0-250102.i386.rpm
> 
> [root at ws7 root]# cat /etc/sysconfig/i18n
> LANG="th_TH.UTF-8"
> SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16"
> 
> [root at ws7 root]# cat /etc/X11/XF86Config
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "Default Layout"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>         InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note,
> this is the name of the
> # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). 
> There is normally
> # no need to change the default.
> 
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are
> concatenated together)
> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font
> server independent of
> # the X server to render fonts.
> 
>         RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>         FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>         Load  "dbe"
>         Load  "extmod"
>         Load  "fbdevhw"
>         Load  "glx"
>         Load  "record"
>         Load  "freetype"
>         Load  "type1"
>         Load  "dri"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled
> (eg, with xset(1))
> #       Option  "Xleds"         "1 2 3"
> 
> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment
> XkbDisable.
> #       Option  "XkbDisable"
> 
> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard,
> modify the
> # lines below (which are the defaults).  For example,
> for a non-U.S.
> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> #       Option  "XkbModel"      "pc102"
> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can
> use:
> #       Option  "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
> #
> # Then to change the language, change the Layout
> setting.
> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> #       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
> # or:
> #       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
> #       Option  "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
> #
> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your
> capslock and
> # control keys, use:
> #       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
> # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> #       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
> #
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "keyboard"
>         Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"
>         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
> #       Option      "XkbModel" "pc102"
>         Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
> #       Option      "XkbLayout" "th"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse
> then
> # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to
> let you
> # also use USB mice at the same time.
>         Identifier  "DevInputMice"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "Unprobed Monitor"
>         HorizSync    31.5 - 37.9
>         VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "trident"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>         Group        0
>         Mode         0666
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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