Switching languages in Ubuntu Hardy

That was quite a surprise, my usual install procedure did not go smoothly as far as languages. When I did a fresh install, I selected the French language by mistake. I prefer to run my system in English, but meh, no problem, I can change it after.. Well, not so easily.

There was an option when I chose English from the Language Support menu to update all my folder names. Which I said OK to. The folder names were properly updated, except that the former “Bureau” remained, in addition to a new “Desktop” file, and some confusion between the two for the system, even after an overnight reboot.

The only way to get it straight was to choose English from the GDM menu, make it default, and choose a GNOME session.
I played around with symbolic links to no avail.

Reference

LP bug report

Palm LifeDrive 4Go and Ubuntu Hardy

This is an update from a previous post on Gutsy.

Sync-ing the Palm LifeDrive requires less work than previously reported, and this is a fresh Ubuntu install on a new computer.
Just run sudo modprobe visor (you can add the visor module at the end of /etc/modules to make it permanent) and run the wisard:

Then choose the following settings for gPilotD sync:

The sync should go when hitting the button on the LifeDrive cradle.

Mounting the drive still does not work..

Edit 090225: The mount bug seems solved with Jaunty. Unfortunately, I cannot confirm. My Palm Lifedrive died a month ago, after 4 years of daily use.