Package: mysql-server5.0 Severity: normal mysql-server5.0 fails to work out of the box. Instead it uses latin1, something I'm not using on my system. Adding "default-character-set=utf8" to [mysql] in /etc/mysql/my.cnf solves this problem. I don't know where mysql takes it's default character set from, if it is not specified, but the debian package should respect it's user's settings.
Thanks, Christoph Burgmer -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16 Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]