Change your /etc/sysconfig/i18n file to the following: LANG="en_US" SUPPORTED="en_US:en" SYSFONT="lat0-sun16" SYSFONTACM="iso01" This should take care of the strange characters when viewing man pages, etc. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list