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Title: Non-West-European Fonts messed up under Linux console

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Non-West-European Fonts messed up under Linux console

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.0i

Symptom:

After changing the default language using YaST, that uses non West European fonts, everything seems to work fine with the fonts. After reboot, the fonts are messed.

Cause:

The reason is a wrong entry in /etc/SuSEconfig/profile or /etc/SuSEconfig/csh.login, which is generated by /sbin/SuSEconfig.

Solution:

Get the new SuSEconfig from our ftp server at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/SuSE-Linux/suse_update/SuSE-6.0/a1/SuSEconfig.gz

Copy it to /sbin and do a

This works for users only, who do not have their own .profile file in their home directory.

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Keywords: ISO8859, GREEK, RUSSIAN, SLOVAK, POLISH, CONSOLE, CONSOLFONT, YAST, LANGUAGE, SETTING

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Categories: Text console

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