>>> error: unknown encoding UTF8: using iso88591 as fallback >> >>What's the output of just "locale", as the user you have the problem as > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ locale > LANG=en_US.utf8 > LC_CTYPE="en_US.utf8" > LC_NUMERIC="en_US.utf8" > LC_TIME="en_US.utf8" > LC_COLLATE="en_US.utf8" > LC_MONETARY="en_US.utf8" > LC_MESSAGES="en_US.utf8" > LC_PAPER="en_US.utf8" > LC_NAME="en_US.utf8" > LC_ADDRESS="en_US.utf8" > LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.utf8" > LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.utf8" > LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.utf8" > LC_ALL= > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ so, your locale is set somewhere else, probablly .profile .bashrc or .xprofile. it seems for these apps it MUST be en_US.UTF-8 - that's the canonical name of the encoding UTF-8 (with the dash). -- damjan