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    Question marks in console apps such as VI and nano

    I just installed Knopix to HD and set the language to GB (UK english) in KDE. I found that whanever I use a console either in KDE or remotely via SSH all the menu options in nano or messages in VI appear as question marks i.e. "??????". Any text I type appears normal.

    I have tried dpkg-reconfigure locales and setting the default language to english UK but no change in symptoms, even after reboot.

    What's going on?

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    Haven't seen that before so I don't know if this will help but try:
    dpkg-reconfigure console-common

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    OK, tried that. Selected British keyboard.

    Still no change. If you are familiar with pico/nano, this is what I get at the bottom of the screen...

    [ ????? ???? ]
    ^G ???????? ^O ???????? ^R ???. ???? ^Y ???.????. ^K ???????? ^C ???????
    ^X ????? ^J ???????????? ^W ????? ^V ????.????. ^U ????????? ^T ????????
    and this is the welcome screen of vi...

    Vim - ?????????? Vi
    ~
    ~ ??????: 6.2.149
    ~ ?????: Bram Moolenaar ?? ??.
    ~ Vim ?? ???????? ????????, ?? ?????? ?????? ??????????????? ??
    ~
    ~ ?????????? ??????? ? ??????!
    ~ :help iccf<Enter> ???????? ??????????
    ~
    ~ :q<Enter> ????? ? Vim
    ~ :help<Enter> ??? <F1> ???????? ????????
    ~ :help version6<Enter> ?????????? ??? Vim 6
    The strange thing is that man pages render perfectly OK.

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