That isn't a file-roller bug. For me, the zip file works perfectly ok in file-roller. The rar file fails in the way that you describe, but also fails when running unrar-nonfree from the command line too.
** Package changed: file-roller (Ubuntu) => unrar-nonfree (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: unrar-nonfree (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: unrar-nonfree (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - file-roller does not recognise windows cp1250 encoding + unrar-nonfree does not recognise windows cp1250 encoding -- unrar-nonfree does not recognise windows cp1250 encoding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379119 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs