Weird characters, probably wrong TERM var value

krnlpk

krnlpk

When I use a curse/dialog like console program (like sysinstall or finch), boxes are drawn using strange characters (like Ä or ³) instead of normal lines.
I think it could happen because my TERM variable (that is now set as cons25) is wrong...
 
cons25 is fine for console use (it's the default). If you ssh into that box xterm is a more appropriate TERM.
 
SirDice said:
cons25 is fine for console use (it's the default). If you ssh into that box xterm is a more appropriate TERM.
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But I can't understand why those lines are shown with that weird chars...
 
Sometimes the font used in a terminal program doesn't have the line drawing characters. Seems like I've seen this in putty, but it's been a while.

The fix is to use a different font, if available.
 
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