Public bug reported: This affects all Ubuntu CDs and installations after 14.10.
The VTs are not configured to show UTF-8 characters because of a wrong CHARMAP value at /etc/default/console-setup (ISO-8859-15 instead of UTF-8). The cause most probably is that recent console-setup.postinst versions create a different configuration file based on LANG: # rm /etc/default/console-setup # LANG=C apt-get install --reinstall console-setup # grep CHARMAP /etc/default/console-setup CHARMAP="ISO-8859-15" While with C.UTF-8 (or en_US.UTF-8 or whatever) it produces the correct CHARMAP: # rm /etc/default/console-setup # LANG=en_US.UTF-8 apt-get install --reinstall console-setup # grep CHARMAP /etc/default/console-setup CHARMAP="UTF-8" I think this should be fixed in console-setup, but it's possible that the live CD code may want to use LANG=C.UTF-8 in any case. ** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to console-setup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1484101 Title: Broken CHARMAP with LANG=C on postinst, affects all installations after 14.10 Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This affects all Ubuntu CDs and installations after 14.10. The VTs are not configured to show UTF-8 characters because of a wrong CHARMAP value at /etc/default/console-setup (ISO-8859-15 instead of UTF-8). The cause most probably is that recent console-setup.postinst versions create a different configuration file based on LANG: # rm /etc/default/console-setup # LANG=C apt-get install --reinstall console-setup # grep CHARMAP /etc/default/console-setup CHARMAP="ISO-8859-15" While with C.UTF-8 (or en_US.UTF-8 or whatever) it produces the correct CHARMAP: # rm /etc/default/console-setup # LANG=en_US.UTF-8 apt-get install --reinstall console-setup # grep CHARMAP /etc/default/console-setup CHARMAP="UTF-8" I think this should be fixed in console-setup, but it's possible that the live CD code may want to use LANG=C.UTF-8 in any case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1484101/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp