On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 02:36, Damjan <gdamjan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > The symptoms do not seem like a keyboard layout problem (which would > affect everything in X) or a font problem. > > Also, the font and layout settings in rc.conf (or /etc/vconsole.conf) > have NO effect for X. > > > > What this looks like is the setup of the locale, either in the shell or > the terminal (they are different programs and the locale can be different). > > To check this, first run these 2 commands: > > $ locale > $ env | egrep 'LC_|LANG' > > it will tell you the state of the shell > > second, run: > > $ xargs -0 -n1 < /proc/-the-pid-of-the-terminal-/environ | \ > egrep 'LC_|LANG' > > it will tell you what the terminal thinks the locale is. > > My guess is that the terminal will not have the proper locale, and > unfortunately it's not very clear how the environment of the X session > is set. Especially since different login managers have different scripts > to start the session. > > I set the locale in my ~/.xprofile - which by most long standing > conventions should working all login managers. > Alas, I can't guarantee it (damn non-standard session scripts). Spot on! As you can see in an email from me yesterday :) I even solved it in the way you suggest, by setting the locale in ~/.xprofile :) /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx jabber: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus
