Bug 155531

Summary:	not utf8 compatible
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Wei-Lun Chao <bluebat>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	5	CC:	rvokal
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Description Wei-Lun Chao 2005-04-21 06:21:39 UTC

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Description of problem:
one of the six virtual consoles may be
replaced by an unicode-console, or just
add the 8th console, which can display
utf8-coded unicode fonts.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to virtual console 1
2.ls a directory containing unicode filename
  

Actual Results:  can not read those names

Expected Results:  can read those names


Additional info:

Comment 1 Florian La Roche 2006-05-10 14:07:21 UTC

unicode mode for the console is setup by the initscripts. Can you check
why that is not working for you? Have you changed the LANG settings?

regards,

Florian La Roche

Comment 2 Wei-Lun Chao 2006-05-17 06:17:03 UTC

i mean something like fbiterm:
http://www.openi18n.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18&page=1

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2006-05-17 20:13:13 UTC

Later kernels run in utf8 mode by default.