On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 09:59:57AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 01:02:42AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:24:47AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > During bootup (Lenny) the console font changes to a thin, wiry font > > > and then changes again to a font with much fatter characters. The final > > > font is very readable but when I start mutt the symbols used to indicate > > > threading of messages are weird. > > > > OK, install console-terminus then edit /etc/console-tools/config > > > > ------ /etc/console-tools/config ----------- > > # Turn on numlock by default > > #LEDS=+num > > APP_CHARSET_MAP=utf8 > > APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc1=utf8 > > APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc2=utf8 > > APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc3=utf8 > > APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc4=utf8 > > SCREEN_FONT=Uni3-TerminusBold16 > > ------ /etc/console-tools/config ----------- > > > > The lines "# Turn on numlock by default" and "#LEDS=+num" should already > > be there at the end of the file. > > > > Do the threading symbols now show correctly? > > No, they have become more complex - i.e. the space between the start of > a line and the threading symbol is now filled with capital n's with > tilde over them. Previously there was just one N with tilde over it at > the start of a line. > > Initially there was no change after editing /etc/console-tools/config as > indicated above though echo $LANG responded en.US.UTF-8. I rebooted > again seeing the switch to wiry fonts part way through the bootup. When > the bootup was complete the console font looked like what I expect from > en.US.UTF-8 but when I ran mutt the threading symbols were double line > things and the space was filled with the N's with tilde over them. > I ran consolechars -d and the threading switched to single line symbols > and no N's with tilde.
Why consolechars -d? I thought that was already found not to be satisfactory. How have you set up the locale setting - "dpkg-reconfigure locales"? You are running mutt in the virtual console, i.e. non gui, and you are not ssh'ing from another machine? -- Chris. ====== I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. -- Stephen F Roberts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org