Kbase P119776: Incorrect graphic characters displayed on a Linux console.
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
10/16/2008 |
|
Status: Unverified
FACT(s) (Environment):
Linux
SYMPTOM(s):
Frames and boxes do not display the correct graphic characters.
Running a ChUI session on a console.
Console is using a UTF-8 enabled codepage, such as de_DE.UTF-8
CAUSE:
This is a known limitation.
When a Linux console is using a UTF-8 enabled codepage, any application running within it must output display characters according to the UTF-8 standard.
The character version of the Progress and OpenEdge clients are not UTF-8 enabled, and therefore cannot work within a UTF-8 enabled Linux console.
FIX:
Set the console to use a non-UTF-8 codepage, for example de_DE:de.
On RedHat Linux 4, you can change the codepage for the console by editing the file /etc/sysconfig/i18n, and changing the setting for the LANG variable.
Once that is done, exit your console session and restart it; your ChUI session will now work.