mapscrn: cannot open map file _8859-15_

[onikage]

Hello,
Yet another error that I've been meaning to bring up.

It has been there since day 1 of Mageia 2 installation.

When I boot, during the boot screen after GRUB I see an error saying:

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mapscrn: cannot open map file _8859-15_


Then the booting continues and the OS loads up.

Any idea what this means and how to fix it ?

Thanks.

P.S.
There was only one guy with a similar problem that I was able to find:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.archlinux.fr%2Ftopic1000.html

The proposed solution there is:

remove the keymap HOOK in the configuration file / etc / mkinitcpio.conf and regenerate the initramfs

However I don't have a mkinitcpio.conf in /etc.

This might be connected to my missing symbols problem since I found a lot of other topics with mapscrn problems about locales and whatnot.

[doktor5000]

Well, as you seeem to have various problems with your installation, not only user profile issues but also with the base system,
either the installation or the underlying storage is damaged, i'd say. Probably best to do a clean reinstall, and check for bad blocks,
after doing a backup of your important data.

[onikage]

Well, as you seeem to have various problems with your installation, not only user profile issues but also with the base system,
either the installation or the underlying storage is damaged, i'd say. Probably best to do a clean reinstall, and check for bad blocks,
after doing a backup of your important data.

I don't like this approach to fixing problems. I want to get under the hood and fix what is broken. I'm sick of reinstalling. Plus as I said I had thie problem since day one so most probably a reinstall won't fix it.

[oj]

Some Linux installations are bad. It's a random occurrence, you might do several installs on the same hardware and have different problems with some of them. One install the sound may be buggy, but works fine on the next reinstall. (but them maybe video is installed incorrectly )

Point being there are times when reinstall is not only the best/fastest fix, but the only fix.

[onikage]

Theoretically speaking, everything that an installer does, can be done manually as well, so I don't see how reinstall can be the only fix.

I mean reinstalling is a huge thing for me. This is not just some test machine. I've already settled down with tons of programs, settings and what not. Reinstalling for some map file sound not only like overkill but like incompetence. Next time some font or icons are missing - reinstall. No sir, no thanks.

[doktor5000]

Back to topic. The error message comes from kbd, and maybe comes from weird keyboard or environment settings?

Maybe you want to look at
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=212325
or https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=110243

[onikage]

Back to topic. The error message comes from kbd, and maybe comes from weird keyboard or environment settings?

Maybe you want to look at
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=212325
or https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=110243

As far as I understand #1 suggests kbd update, however Mageia 2 seems to come with the latest kbd version.

#2 suggests a modification to the line:

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SYSFONTACM=`echo $SYSFONTACM | sed "s|iso0|8859-|g"`

However there is no such line in my /sbin/setsysfont

[doktor5000]

Can you please show the contents of your /etc/sysconfig/keyboard and /etc/sysconfig/i18n

[onikage]

Right away.

/etc/sysconfig/keyboard

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XkbModel=pc105
GRP_TOGGLE=alt_shift_toggle
XkbLayout="us,bg(phonetic)"
KEYBOARD=bg_phonetic
KEYTABLE=bg
XkbOptions=grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:rwin


/etc/sysconfig/i18n

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SYSFONTACM=8859-15
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LC_ADDRESS=bg_BG
LC_COLLATE=en_US
LC_NAME=bg_BG
LC_NUMERIC=bg_BG
LC_MEASUREMENT=bg_BG
LC_TIME=en_US
LANG=en_US
LC_IDENTIFICATION=bg_BG
LC_MESSAGES=en_US
LC_CTYPE=en_US
LC_TELEPHONE=bg_BG
LC_MONETARY=bg_BG
LC_PAPER=bg_BG
SYSFONT=lat0-16


[doktor5000]

/etc/sysconfig/i18n

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SYSFONTACM=8859-15


I'm not quite sure, but could be this is where your problem comes from. But i don't know how you ended up with that setting.
I don't have that setting, for me that looks like so:

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[doktor5000@Mageia2 ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/i18n
LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8:de
LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
SYSFONT=lat0-16
LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=de_DE.UTF-8

Read again the second bug report i posted. Seems related to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557089
which contains also some context information which may help you get more understanding about the problem.

[onikage]

This actually has a lot to do with my other Unicode topic : https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3902
Once I enabled UTF-8 from Mageia Control Center the line:

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SYSFONTACM=8859-15

...disappeared on its own from sysconfig/i18n

However the error message still appears during boot up. Looks like it's enabled somewhere else.

[doktor5000]

I wonder why you didn't get UTF8 support in the first place, as that is the default for Mageia/Mandriva since a long time.