On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 11:20:11AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Deboo ^ wrote: > > Using Debian Etch stable version without X. Everything works fine > > since installed a few days ago except that in aptitude or midnight > > commander or even dpkg-reconfigure screens, I get lots of question > > marks displayed with reverse video. What do I need so ncurses displays > > these correctly? > > > > I guess this has to do somethign with either whiptail or readline? > > > > Regards, > > Deboo > > > > Usually this is a case of a character that is not defined in your > current language settings (locale). You can usually fix this by chosing > a UTF8 locale. dpkg-reconfigure locales should be able to fix your problem.
Everything about locales on Sven Mascheck's new site: http://www.un-ulm.de/~mascheck/locale/ The little tester utility is at: http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/locale/checklocale.c Also you may want to play with the setting at the end of /etc/console-tools/config HTH -- Chris. ====== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
