From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 22 22:22:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A70316A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:22:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pernis.its.uu.se (pernis.its.UU.SE [130.238.4.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE0C43D3F for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:22:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ante@Update.UU.SE) Received: by pernis.its.uu.se (Postfix, from userid 205) id C3216180; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:22:44 +0100 (MEZ) Received: from pernis.its.uu.se(127.0.0.1) by pernis.its.uu.se via virus-scan id s332; Tue, 22 Mar 05 23:22:35 +0100 Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.25]) by pernis.its.uu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE82D10C; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:22:35 +0100 (MEZ) Received: by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix, from userid 30086) id D555C38012; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:22:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C5E5C002; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:22:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:22:35 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Davour To: Giorgos Keramidas In-Reply-To: <20050322221622.GB821@gothmog.gr> Message-ID: References: <20050322221622.GB821@gothmog.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8-bit characters anyone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:22:47 -0000 On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> You have probably forgotten to set the locale related stuff correctly in >>> your environment. What does the following in one of your shells? >>> >>> % env | grep LANG >>> % env | grep LC_ >> >> Nothing at all. Though, I never did fiddle with locales before the >> upgrade either. In KDE I have configured the locale as Swedish, and the >> date, currency and those things look ok. > > This is probably what's causing you trouble. > > FWIW, using the XKB input extension here, I noticed that the X server > fails to get/output any 8-bit character until I correctly set my > environment in the login shell or my ``.xinitrc'' file. > > For instance, for Greek text input, I use: [snip] Thanks! I'll try to set some locale settings in my .xinitrc and see if that solves anything. I don't use xorg, since I have been using XFree86 since the early 1990-ies and don't want to learn it all over again. Maybe that's what troubling my setup. Now I'll just wait for another long compile, and then shut down X and try this out. /Andreas -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?