On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 12:02, Will Mc Donald wrote: > Strange. Sounds like a terminal type setup problem to me. What are you using as a >terminal? Konsole? And what does > > $ echo $TERM > > return? If you switch TERM to, say, vt100 then try viewing man pages do you still >have the problem? > > $ export TERM=vt100 > $ man someprogram > > Or if you're using konsole, try launching a plain old xterm and see if you can view >man pages correctly in that... > > $ /usr/bin/X11/xterm & > > Just some initial thoughts to be going on with. > > Will. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David & Kate Baird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 1:14 PM > Subject: Garbled Man Pages in Red Hat Linux 8 > > > > I've installed Red Hat Linux 8 on a Compaq PC from scratch. I use the KDE > > desktop (I haven't got Gnome installed at all), and I've selected the > > Windows Look and Feel using the desktop > > > > My problem is that most Man pages (e.g. man iptables) don't display properly > > in a terminal window. Hyphens and possibly other characters display as > > empty squares. This also happens if I run a terminal window using PuTTY via > > SSL from a Windows client over the network. It doesn't happen with a > > non-graphical interface at RunLevel 3, and it didn't happen at all before I > > upgraded from RHL 7.2 to 8.0. > > > > I've applied all the available patches using Up2date, and the problem is > > still there. I've also seen it on a completely separate system elsewhere, > > again with RHL 8 on a PC server with a network terminal session from a > > Windows PC running PuTTY. I don't know what desktop was in use on that > > server. > > > > This seems a fairly basic problem, annoying rather than critical, but of > > course you never know what it may conceal. Any solutions?
We are talking faq here guys. Not that there is one for you to read but there are searchable archives of this list. Take a look at : http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list&m=103972566225481&w=2 HTH Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
