Where are my umlauts and boxes after updating to SuSE 9.1 and later?
Similar to RedHat, SuSE changed in 9.1 the default console locales to Unicode (UTF-8), but the setup differs from RedHat. Best to use the newfswin script from KDE/Gnome console (or via newfscons on textual console) to start your application, it set proper environment automatically. Otherwise invoke YaST -> System -> Language -> Details and disable the UTF-8 checkbox. Thereafter, a new login (or reboot) is suggested. You also may set manually the environment variable LANG=en_EN or LANG=en_EN.ISO-8859-1 and/or if available LC_CTYPE=en_EN.ISO-8859-1 (or your national LANG/ISO). Q: With gcc 3.4, I get compiler warnings, but not with earlier gcc releases. Why? A: Unfortunately is gcc often incompatible to other releases of itself. The displayed gcc 3.4 warning “cc1: note: -fwritable-strings is deprecated; see documentation for details” is harmless and can be ignored. This warning does not occur anymore in the newer FlagShip ports for gcc 4.x Q: When logged as regular user, everything works
