Peter Olsen wrote: > > Hello, > > I have just installed fvwm 2.5.6 on my RedHat 8 system, but I have this > strange problem. The fonts are virtually unreadable. I can read the font on > the buttonbar, but the menu which pops up when I press the "start" button is > almost unreadable. The same goes for the fonts on the titlebar of windows > and the fonts in the fvwm configuration form. How do I correct this problem?
In Red Hat 8.0 they changed the LANG from en_US to en_US.UTF-8". To make it work right, edit... /etc/sysconfig/i18n and change LANG="en_US.UTF-8" to LANG="en_US". Then log out from the shell and back in. man and other apps will display correct characters. Some other rh8 specific quirks are answered/explained here.... http://redhat.cltonline.com/fom-serve/cache/4.html HTH Alex -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
