Bug 678560

Summary:	Linux virtual console does not render Unicode symbols properly
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Raymond Jennings <shentino>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UTF-8
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Raymond Jennings 2019-02-22 10:14:28 UTC

When readin the manpage for gcc, as well as when reading diagnostic messages from gcc, unicode symbols like quotation marks, hyphens, apostrophes, and so on are often rendered as a solid box.

For clarity this is not an xterm, just /dev/ttyN.

The issue has also shown up in other linux distros so this is probably an upstream issue, but on advice from #g-d-h I'm filing it here for documentation purposes.

Comment 1 Raymond Jennings 2019-02-22 10:16:47 UTC

I suspect it has something to do with consolefont and the associated unicode mappings.  Fiddling with this has fixed the issue in the past.

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2019-02-22 10:20:12 UTC

Please post your `emerge --info` output in a comment.

Comment 3 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2019-02-22 11:23:36 UTC

Please consult the Unicode guide referenced in the URL field. I can't say there is a bug here to report and configuring your system for Unicode on consoles is not something the distribution can handle for you. If you find a problem in the documentation, then you can fix it by editing the wiki. If you end up finding an actual bug in a package, then it's fine to report it here.