| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
binro
l33t
Joined: 06 May 2005
Posts: 742
Location: Bangkok
|
 Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject: Bizarre characters using ncurses apps via ssh [SOLVED] |
 |
|
I have just noticed that when I ssh into my laptop and start an ncurses application like "mc", the box-drawing characters are now all rendered as "xxxx" and "qqqq"! Although still usable it certainly isn't pretty; any idea how to fix this? It must be the result of a recent update and only happens in one direction. Also the characters are correct when the apps are used directly on the laptop. Both systems are set up with LANG="en_GB.utf8".
TIA
_________________
"Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
Last edited by binro on Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:17 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Slurp53
Apprentice
Joined: 14 Jun 2002
Posts: 255
Location: Iowa
|
| Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
This is nothing new. I've seen it before. Might be depend on the terminal you are using. I've never bothered trying to fix it.
_________________
"Welcome to the Pleasuredome" -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
binro
l33t
Joined: 06 May 2005
Posts: 742
Location: Bangkok
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:16 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Slurp53 wrote: | This is nothing new. I've seen it before. Might be depend on the terminal you are using. I've never bothered trying to fix it.
|
I usually use KDE Konsole so I just tried xterm and the problem went away. Started a new copy of Konsole and the problem also has gone. Looks like something had munged that particular bash session. Oh well...
_________________
"Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
GNUix
n00b
Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Posts: 35
Location: South Korea
|
| Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: |
|
|
| I had a similar issue when using ssh to my remote servers using screen. The solution ended up being setting screen to UTF8. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Networking & Security
