have you tried to remove your existing .icewm directory and restart icewm ?
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("[wtzhu]") writes:
> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6254
>
> Summary: Multibyte character cannot be displayed in icewm menu
> Product: icewm-light
> Version: 1.2.9-2mdk
> Platform: PC
> OS/Version: All
> Status: UNCONFIRMED
> Severity: major
> Priority: P2
> Component: i18n
> AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> My OS: Mandrake Linux 9.2 (FiveStar) on an i586 PC
> icewm version: icewm-1.2.13-0.3.1mdk.i586, icewm-light-1.2.13-0.3.1mdk.i586
> locale: zh_CN
>
> Chinese characters cannot be displayed in icewm starting menu as well as right
> click pop-up menu. The problem may be due to font loading. I've tried to
> "startx" manually and step by step from the text console:
> # X & (Enter. Everything is OK.)
> # export DISPLAY=0:0 (Enter. Everything is OK.)
> # /usr/X11R6/bin/icewm-session (Enter. Something wrong but not fatal.)
> While loading icewm, it gives lots of messages as the following:
> ...
> IceWM: Warning: Could not load font "-*--16-*".
> IceWM: Warning: Could not load font "-*--16-*".
> IceWM: Warning: Could not load font "-*--16-*".
> IceWM: Warning: Could not load font "-*--16-*".
> IceWM: Warning: Could not load font "-*--16-*".
> IceWM: Warning: Could not load font "-*--16-*".
> ...
>
> RPMS shipped in Mandrake Linux 9.0 (icewm-1.2.0-5mdk, icewm-light-1.2.0-5mdk)
> work well in FiveStar. RPMS shipped in Mandrake Linux 9.1 (icewm-1.2.6-1mdk,
> icewm-light-1.2.6-1mdk) may also work but modifications to
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icewm/preferences are needed.
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