I think /etc/sysconfig/i18n is it. On Mon, 12 May 2003, Sebastian Bauer (ml) wrote: > Dear all, > > since RH8 the standard encoding seems to be UTF-8. First it was a > problem when login to a remote machine with standard iso encoding. Now > I use gnome's terminal where I can change this setting. > > But I have an application - it's hte German "Das Telefonbuch Map & Route > 2002" which has extreme problems with UTF-8. It doesn't install. Also > the old StarOffice 5.2 cannot shows its German Umlaute. > > Does anyone know how to change these settings. > > It would be great when you can help me. Thank you in advance. >