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silvvy

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Registered: 2015-05-25

Posts: 2

How to display Chinese in console?

Hi, I have just installed Archlinux on my Lenovo X100e. I have not used this machine before because of overheat problem (with Windows, CentOS or Ubuntu with GUI).
I load it with Archlinux and it works well! I only use console as using GUI would make it overheat and reboot.
Then here comes the question, how can I display Chinese, or any characters other than English in the text console?

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: How to display Chinese in console?

Are you sure you can't just use a light WM? What causes the overheating? Graphics drivers? Which ones?
Try e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fbterm or https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KMSCON

silvvy

Member

Registered: 2015-05-25

Posts: 2

Re: How to display Chinese in console?

Archivist, thanks for the tip. fbterm works. I am still trying configure Chinese input and display.

I am not sure what causes the overheating. Where should I start to troubleshoot?

TheSaint

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From: my computer

Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,523

Re: How to display Chinese in console?

how can I display Chinese, or any characters other than English in the text console?

Even I don't read Chinese I followed the wiki. For you may be easier to read the Chinese wiki.
But for my daughter I set in her ~/.bash.profile

export LANG="zh_CN.UTF-8 UTF-8"

and installed the fonts. Then if you're using KDE and/or libreoffice it would be nicer to install its fonts too.
For input you may find ibus and its different input methods.

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do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: How to display Chinese in console?

I have no idea about notebooks, but try installing a light WM e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dwm , start X and see what happens.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Le … kPad_X100e is old and incomplete, but you can mane it better :-)

What do you see instead of the Chinese characters?