[ale] How can I test a codepage module?

[Michael Hirsch]

On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 17:09, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> I have a production box that has a kernel which doesn't have the
> standard code pages installed on it.  It doesn't appear to be a problem,
> but there are errors in /var/log/messages.
> 
> I compiled those modules, and have a test machine with the same kernel. 
> The modules load fine on the test machine, but I have no idea how to
> test whether they are working.  I don't know how to generate the errors
> at will.  The only way I know to test would be to install the modules on
> the production machine, but I'd *really* like to test them, first.
> 
> So, how can I force codepage to be used?  The ones in question are the
> standard wester european ones: nls_iso8859-1 nls_cp437

I found an answer.  I can't say that I really understand any more now,
but I was able to force usage of those code pages by smb mounting a
windows share.  After installing those modules the problem went away.

--Michael


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