[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#267833: marked as done (alsa-utils: alsaconf produces unreadable output)

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Subject: alsa-utils: alsaconf produces unreadable output
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Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.5-3
Severity: important


alsaconf show menus using weird characters; this is the first screen, to give
you an idea:

     ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
     ?                                                             ?
     ?                                                             ?
     ?                    ALSA  CONFIGURATOR                       ?
     ?                           ?1.0.5                            ?
     ?                                                             ?
     ?             T??? ?????? ?? ? ???°?±?????? °??               ?
     ?     A??????? L???? S???? A??????????? (ALSA) ??????.        ?
     ?                                                             ?
     ?                                                             ?
     ?   I° ALSA ?? ??????? ??????±, ??? ?????? ????? ??? ?????    ?
     ?   ???? ??? ??? ???? ??? ????? ??????.                       ?
     ?   ???????° ???? ??? ?? ?? ????, ??? ??'? ??? 100% ????.     ?
     ?                                                             ?
     ?                                                             ?
     ?                                                             ?
     ?                                                             ?
     ?                           <O?>                              ?
     ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Looks like a locales problem, but I have no idea how to solve this.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=fr_BE@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_BE@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_BE)

Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on:
ii  alsa-base                   1.0.5a-3     ALSA sound driver common files
ii  libasound2                  1.0.5-1      Advanced Linux Sound Architecture 
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5                 5.4-4        Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  modutils                    2.4.26-1     Linux module utilities
ii  pciutils                    1:2.1.11-15  Linux PCI Utilities
ii  whiptail                    0.51.6-11    Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

-- no debconf information

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Subject: Re: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#260316: alsa-utils: Happens in Gnome
	Terminal too
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> On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 12:50:55PM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 12:00, Craig Small wrote:
> > > Installing dialog fixes it.
> > 
> > It would be helpful if you could check something.  Please de-install
> > dialog, install whiptail and install the latest libnewt0.51 (version
> > 0.51.6-6sarge or 0.51.6-12).  The latter supposedly fixes this bug. 
> > Does it do so?

On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 14:26, Craig Small wrote:
> That fixes it. thanks!


Good to hear.  Closing reports.

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Thomas