<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <hr id="stopSpelling">From: heavytull@hotmail.com To: ambro@b4ever.net Subject: RE: hal with ntfs-3g when user UI language setting different from the user locale setting Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:13:05 +0000 <style> .ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} </style> > From: ambro@b4ever.net > To: hal@lists.freedesktop.org > Subject: Re: hal with ntfs-3g when user UI language setting different from the user locale setting > Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:07:44 +0100 > > On Saturday 13 December 2008 11:10:11 Jethro Tull wrote: > > My computer is running slackware 12.1 in en_US language because i prefer > > OL. But I set the locale not to en_US because i need to get the correct > > characters when treating of filenames in local language. I think that's why > > when i mount an ntfs partition with hal and ntfs-3g driver in kde i cannot > > see any file which name contains non en_US characters. Does anyone have a > > work around for this? > > First, make sure your distribution integrates ntfs-3g with HAL by installing a > fdi file which changes the fstype from "ntfs" to "ntfs-3g". I'm using slackware12.2, it does integrate an fdi file since even previous release. > If a > /sbin/mount.ntfs script is used instead, it will probably not work. This is > because the mount.ntfs script is an ugly hack that breaks mount options and > KDE can't know whether to provide the "locale" option or not. > An example of a fdi file: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL#NTFS > > Second, HAL has a bug that will cause the mount to fail with the message > "TODO: Have to rethink extra options". This patch is needed: > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/hal/diff/tools/hal-storage- > mount.c?id=25f9536d8cd4ff534eb73dc603a38b7d64ebf81e > I would have to rebuild some parts of KDE, too much pain. > Finally, you have to use kde >=4.1.2. If you use 3.5, this patch is required: > http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=864963 > > I suggest you forward this info to your distribution. > Note that HAL will provide a nicer way to handle ntfs-3g in the future, but > not all DE's support it yet. > _______________________________________________ > hal mailing list > hal@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal <hr>Get Windows Live Messenger on your Mobile. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000001ukm/direct/01/">Click Here!</a> <hr />Win John Lewis vouchers with BigSnapSearch.com <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/117442309/direct/01/' target='_new'>Search now</a></body> </html>