UTF-8 issue with a couple of apps in Slackware current + Alien Bob&#39

[alphaomega]

Running Slackware current with Alien Bob's KDE 5 packages.

Having an issue with UTF-8 in Dolphin and XMMS.

I can't figure out what the problem is but I do know it works.

it's just not working at the moment.

 

In the pic you can see where in some places the character

is correct and in other places it is not.

 

 

/etc/profile.d/lang.sh

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_COLLATE=C

 

/etc/profile.d/lang.csh

setenv LANG en_US.UTF-8
setenv LC_COLLATE C

 

/etc/lilo.conf

lba32
boot = /dev/sdb3

bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
bmp-colors = 255,0,255,0,255,0
bmp-table = 60,6,1,16
bmp-timer = 65,27,0,255

append=" acpi_backlight=vendor vt.default_utf8=1"

prompt
timeout = 50
vga=791

image = /boot/vmlinuz
initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
root = /dev/sdb3
label = vmlinuz

 

snippet from /var/log/Xorg.0.log

X.Org X Server 1.18.3
Release Date: 2016-04-04
[ 35.922] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 35.922] Build Operating System: Slackware 14.2 Slackware Linux Project
[ 35.922] Current Operating System: Linux asusm32 4.4.10 #1 SMP Wed May 11 16:02:44 CDT 2016 x86_64
[ 35.922] Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz ro root=813 acpi_backlight=vendor vt.default_utf8=1
[ 35.922] Build Date: 15 April 2016 11:05:21AM

 

entry from /etc/fstab

//192.168.1.1/Music	 /mnt/Music			 cifs ro,users,noauto,username=guest,password=guest,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0

 

got the following code examples from this page:

http://superuser.com...e-in-arch-linux

 

env | egrep '^(LANG|LC_)' | sort

"to see what locale settings are in your shell's environment."

 

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

LANGUAGE=en_US

LC_COLLATE=C

 

tr \\0 \\n < /proc/$PPID/environ | egrep '^(LANG|LC_)' | sort

"to see the terminal's environment."

 

after the most recent updates (to KDE 5_16.05)

LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-1

LANGUAGE=en_US

LC_COLLATE=C

 

afer the previous set of updates (to KDE 5_16.04)

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

LANGUAGE=en_US

LC_COLLATE=C

 

a few days ago when I noticed something was off

because some of my music tracks disappeared

and I went hunting for an answer

LANG=en_US

LANGUAGE=en_US

LC_COLLATE=C

 

When it is set to en.US.UTF-8 everthing is fine.

Just can't figure out where that setting is getting changed.

 

Anyone have any ideas? I'm lost.

[securitybreach]

Those are caused by issues with unicode characters. I'm sure you have already went through this: http://www.slackwiki...8_linux_console

 

It looks like you have most of those already enabled. Did you reboot after applying the changes?

[securitybreach]

It shouldn't matter but in lilo, move the append line so that it is below the label=.... line.

[securitybreach]

Just can't figure out where that setting is getting changed.

 

Anyone have any ideas? I'm lost.

 

In Slackware, I believe that would be in /etc/profile. After changing it, run source /etc/profile as root

[alphaomega]

Those are caused by issues with unicode characters. I'm sure you have already went through this: http://www.slackwiki...8_linux_console

 

It looks like you have most of those already enabled. Did you reboot after applying the changes?

I rebooted after making the change and no difference.

from reading that page I understood it to mean that I need the following in lilo.conf

append=" acpi_backlight=vendor vt.default_utf8=1"

and the following in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

I have those set and it is still not working correctly.

 

It shouldn't matter but in lilo, move the append line so that it is below the label=.... line.

moving the append line also didn't change anything

 

Just can't figure out where that setting is getting changed.

 

Anyone have any ideas? I'm lost.

 

In Slackware, I believe that would be in /etc/profile. After changing it, run source /etc/profile as root

I tried with the export entry in /etc/profile and then in ~/.bash_profile and still no change

 

my locale settings indicate that I'm using UTF-8 so I don't know

$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

 

from what I understand this is the entry that sets the terminal to UTF-8

append=" acpi_backlight=vendor vt.default_utf8=1"

 

but that is not what I'm seeing

$ tr \\0 \\n < /proc/$PPID/environ | egrep '^(LANG|LC_)'
LC_COLLATE=C
LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-1
LANGUAGE=en_US

 

but UTF-8 is working in some places

and the track plays

Edited May 19, 2016 by alphaomega

[V.T. Eric Layton]

My Terminal...

 

 

My ~/.bash_profle

 

# /home/vtel57/.bash_profile

# make sure .bashrc works
source ~/.bashrc 

 

My /etc/profile

 

# /etc/profile: This file contains system-wide defaults used by
# all Bourne (and related) shells.

# Set the values for some environment variables:
export MINICOM="-c on"
export MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/man
export HOSTNAME="`cat /etc/HOSTNAME`"
export LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
export LESS="-M"

# If the user doesn't have a .inputrc, use the one in /etc.
if [ ! -r "$HOME/.inputrc" ]; then
export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
fi

# Set the default system $PATH:
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games"

# For root users, ensure that /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin, and /sbin are in
# the $PATH. Some means of connection don't add these by default (sshd comes
# to mind).
if [ "`id -u`" = "0" ]; then
echo $PATH | grep /usr/local/sbin 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
if [ ! $? = 0 ]; then
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
fi
fi

# I had problems with the backspace key using 'eval tset' instead of 'TERM=',
# but you might want to try it anyway instead of the section below it. I
# think with the right /etc/termcap it would work.
# eval `tset -sQ "$TERM"`

# Set TERM to linux for unknown type or unset variable:
if [ "$TERM" = "" -o "$TERM" = "unknown" ]; then
TERM=linux
fi

# Set ksh93 visual editing mode:
if [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
VISUAL=emacs
# VISUAL=gmacs
# VISUAL=vi
fi

# Set a default shell prompt:
#PS1='`hostname`:`pwd`# '
if [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/pdksh" ]; then
PS1='! $ '
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
PS1='! ${PWD/#$HOME/~}$ '
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/zsh" ]; then
PS1='%n@%m:%~%# '
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ash" ]; then
PS1='$ '
else
PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
PS2='> '
export PATH DISPLAY LESS TERM PS1 PS2

# Default umask. A umask of 022 prevents new files from being created group
# and world writable.
umask 022

# Notify user of incoming mail. This can be overridden in the user's
# local startup file (~/.bash.login or whatever, depending on the shell)
if [ -x /usr/bin/biff ]; then
biff y 2> /dev/null
fi

# Append any additional sh scripts found in /etc/profile.d/:
for profile_script in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
if [ -x $profile_script ]; then
. $profile_script
fi
done
unset profile_script

 

My XMMS playing the song above

 

 

I think your issue may be with KDE, not Slackware or bash.

 

 

 

 

EDITED to remove the annoying [ size=4] ... [ /size] ubbcode that this board's software insists on adding to code and text message box postings. It's been doing this for a year or so now. I would love to see this fixed.

Edited May 19, 2016 by V.T. Eric Layton

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Oh, and my locale settings...

 

LASER:
Failed death ray.

vtel57@ericsbane06~:$ locale
LANG=en_US
LC_CTYPE="en_US"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US"
LC_TIME="en_US"
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY="en_US"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
LC_PAPER="en_US"
LC_NAME="en_US"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US"
LC_ALL=

Edited May 19, 2016 by V.T. Eric Layton

[Hedon James]

Love the musical selections VT! Have you ssh'd into my box and streamed my collection to yours? LOL!

 

Almost missed this one..."Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?"...BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Heck, that's just the Hard Rock folder. There's much more in there...

 

 

\m/ ROCK ON!

[alphaomega]

just a follow up:

issue did not occur in a new user account

tried a new .kde folder issue still there

with a new .config folder the issue is now gone

back to your music