Re: need help with Mandrake 10 KDE 3.2 "arabic"

[Munzir Taha <munzirtaha at newhorizons dot com dot sa>]

On Monday 22 March 2004 05:01 pm, abbas al-mutawa wrote:
> Hi
>
> i have a problem with KDE 3.2 and arabic support, kde "konqueror cannot
> read any file with arabic name, it displayed as "???",
>
> when I try to create a folder and give it an arabic name it displayed like
> "?????", while i can write arabic correctly in the "create new folder
> dialog box" and any editor.

You haven't mentioned which version (9.2 or 10) you are using. Till then try 
this:
From a console
$ localedrake
choose Arabic, logout and login again. It should be fixed.

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