Version: (using KDE KDE 3.4.0) Installed from: Mandrake RPMs i report here this Mandriva Linux bug : "In KDE 3.2.3, Kompare occasionally displayed squares for some Japanese characters but mostly worked fine. After upgrading to KDE 3.3.1, it doesn't show Japanese anymore; all characters are garbaged in it, which makes the application unusable." if you want some details i will tell your questions on the Mandriva bugzilla
It's somewhat interesting that things worked in 3.2.x.. but this is almost certainly the same bug as #95054, so I'm marking it as a dupe. Please reopen if there's good reason to believe that it's a separate issue. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 95054 ***