Re: Consolechars Question

["Thomas H. George" <lists@tomgeorge.info>]

On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 08:42:10PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 08:57:26AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:42:24PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > > [Sorry for the late post.]
> > > What is the output of:
> > > grep -v ^# /etc/console-tools/config
> > 
> > 
> > BLANK_TIME=30
> > 
> > 
> > BLANK_DPMS=off
> > 
> > POWERDOWN_TIME=30
> > 
> > 
> > APP_CHARSET_MAP=utf8
> > APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc1=utf8
> > APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc2=utf8
> > APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc3=utf8
> > APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc4=utf8
> > SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerninusBold16
> 
> OK, same here
>  
> > 
> > > 
> > > and:
> > > locale
> > 
> > 
> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> > LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
> > LC_ALL=
> 
> OK, same here
> 
> > > 
> > > Also if you start mutt like
> > > chrisb@box:~$ LANG=C mutt
> > >
> > > You should see the symbols ok?
> > 
> > Nope, still the same old funny symbols.
> 
> That is weird!
> 
> OK, maybe something in your .muttrc is having an effect.
> 
> Start mutt like so:
> chrisb@box:~$ LANG=C mutt
> Once started, type !
> then when you see "Shell command:" type:
> echo $LANG
> it should display:
> C

Ah-ha!  The response to echo $LANG is en_US.UTF-8 both before and after
I run consolechars -d.  But the problem is not just a mutt problem.  For
example, the response to sensors is


acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:       +40.0°C  (crit = +75.0°C)                  

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:  +23.0°C                                    
Core0 Temp:  +29.0°C                                    
Core1 Temp:  +27.0°C                                    
Core1 Temp:  +18.0°C                                    

and I recall that the other day reading a man page I found a very weird
character being used for bullets.

I'd show you what my mutt output is like but I haven't figured out how
to capture it.  At any rate I appreciate all your suggestions Chris.
Since the problem is not very serious and easily corrected by the
consolechars -d command I'll just live with it for now.  It is a
curiosity and if I ever find out the cause I'll be sure to let you know.

Best regards, 

	Tom