question about fonts/PuTTY/pstree

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Peter Horst wrote:
> Logging into an FC-5 machine via PuTTY (2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 #1 Tue Aug 8
> 15:30:55 EDT 2006 i686 athlon i386).
> 
> I run the 'pstree' command and get back:
> 
> # pstree
> initââ¬âacpid
>     ââatd
>     ââautomount
>     ââcpuspeed
>     ââcrond
>     ââdbus-daemon
>     ââevents/0
>     ââhttpdâââ8*[httpd]
>     ââkhelper
>     ââklogd
>     ââksoftirqd/0
>     ââkswapd0
>     ââkthreadââ¬âaio/0
>     â         ââata/0
>     â         ââkacpid
>    [ etc. etc.]
> 
> Any clue what that garbage is?
> 
> Thanks much!
> 
It is the LANG setting. A "quick and dirty" fix would be to run
"export LANG=en_US". This will only help until you log out. You can
also play with the font encoding in PuTTY. Try changing the Window
--> Translation setting. Checking the "Override with UTF-8 ..." box
or setting the UTF-8 character encoding may do the trick.

Mikkel
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