Version: 1.6.5 (using KDE 3.5.5, Debian Package 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8 (4.0)) Compiler: Target: i486-linux-gnu OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.18-4-686 In my new Debian Etch KDE I cannot type an apostrophe (´) in the x-terminal "Konsole" 1.6.5 (KDE 3.5.5). When I press the apostrophe-key on my german keyboard (the key left from backspace) I get a "?" instead of the "´". I get this problem in x-terminal Konsole _and_ in an xterm. The apostrophe-key works fine in kdm, on a tty or in applications like gaim or OOo. It´s not a truetype-problem, I´ve tried several truetypes. And: it is no user-problem, it occurs on all accounts on this an a second Etch-based computer. What´s this for a strange behaviour?
Hello Dirk, Does changing the character encoding make a difference? (via Settings -> Encoding) Try the Unicode ( utf8 ) option if it is not already selected.
Good Morning ;-) Hmm. Yes, changing to utf8 gives me the correct behaviour. But the whole system is working on de_DE@euro (ISO 8859-15), so since then I get the problem that all other special-characters (like the german ö, ä, ü...) are not displayed correct any more. So this would not solve my problem. I think this is a KDE- or Konsole-problem: - am I using "standard" I get no apostrophe - am I using "utf8" all other special-characters give problems - am I using "ISO 8859-1" I get back the apostrophe, but then I loose the EURO-character and - am I using "ISO 8859-15" I get the same behaviour then on "standard". :-( So, this does not solve the problem. Greets, Dirk
You mentioned that you encounter this in xterm as well in your original report. xterm uses no KDE components at all, so I suspect the problem is occurring at a lower level. You could try gnome-terminal and see if the problem is apparent there as well. I suggest that your distribution is the best place to go for help in this case.
Reopen if you can duplicate on KDE 4 and is not system-wide issue.