[SOLVED] Missing unicode support

[onikage]

Hello.
I was saving some documents today which weren't in English I noticed that their names didn't display correctly, probably to partially missing unicode support.

Screen 1: http://prikachi.com/images/624/5524624I.png (The link next to the cursor and a document that can be seen in the file browser)

Screen 2: http://prikachi.com/images/625/5524625X.png (Whole page unreadable)

Any ideas ?

[filip]

I miss some details how did you install and if you added support for your language?

[onikage]

I miss some details how did you install and if you added support for your language?

I installed from DVD, not sure whether I added support for my language or not.

[filip]

I installed from DVD, not sure whether I added support for my language or not.

You should add locales-xx where xx is abbreviation for your language.

[onikage]

I installed from DVD, not sure whether I added support for my language or not.

You should add locales-xx where xx is abbreviation for your language.

Says, It's already installed.

[filip]

Can you post output from locale in CLI?

[onikage]

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LANG=en_US
LC_CTYPE=en_US
LC_NUMERIC=bg_BG
LC_TIME=en_US
LC_COLLATE=en_US
LC_MONETARY=bg_BG
LC_MESSAGES=en_US
LC_PAPER=bg_BG
LC_NAME=bg_BG
LC_ADDRESS=bg_BG
LC_TELEPHONE=bg_BG
LC_MEASUREMENT=bg_BG
LC_IDENTIFICATION=bg_BG
LC_ALL=


I'm not sure it's locale related. Some unicode characters are also missing like - TM, R, Copyright etc.

[martinw]

What font are you using? Some fonts provide less characters than others.

[onikage]

How do I check ?

[martinw]

Which Desktop Environment are you using?

[onikage]

xfce4

[martinw]

In the main menu, select Settings->Appearance, then select the Fonts tab to see what the default font is.

If you change the default font, does the place you are seeing problems with unicode characters change to a different font?

[onikage]

In the main menu, select Settings->Appearance, then select the Fonts tab to see what the default font is.

If you change the default font, does the place you are seeing problems with unicode characters change to a different font?

The default font was "Sans".
Yes, when I change the font, the place where I am seeing problems also changes, but only font-wise, the characters are still unreadable.

[martinw]

OK, I've done a bit of experimentation, and I think your problem is due to your locale setting. For comparison, I get:

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% locale
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ALL=


The .UTF-8 suffix is the important bit - that enables Unicode support.

If you start the Mageia Control Centre, go to the "System" tab, select the "Manage localization for your system" option, and select "Advance", you should see a tickbox labelled "Old compatibility (non UTF-8) encoding". Make sure this is not ticked, then proceed through the other dialogues selecting the other options as appropriate.

By ticking that box, I could reproduce the problems you are seeing.

[onikage]

You nailed it. Thanks so much.