Do a search for UTF-8 in the RH 8.0 "RELEASENOTES" file and the searchable archives at:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list&r=1&w=2 for "i18n". There's an environment setting for fonts that may fix the problem. Regards, Mike Klinke On Saturday 18 January 2003 13:14, David & Kate Baird wrote: > 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? > > David Baird > Manchester > UK -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
