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hello group,

I'm trying /opt/SUNWns/netscape on Solaris 10
(please refrain from telling me it's old, unsafe and that I shouldn't do it blah
blah ...).
It seems to have problems with file/folder name prompting:
all proposed pathnames begin with a garbage (non-printable) character and are crippled at the end.
That is, it's unusable.
The problem is similar to this one: https://forums.oracle.com/ords/apexds/post/corrupted-browser-profiles-on-sol-10-1865
Unfortunately no solution was given there.
I had a multi-hour conversation with chatGPT, to no avail.
Even with a pristine .mozilla I get the same result.
Any ideas?
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On 27/06/2026 07:14, Michael Kraemer @ home wrote:

hello group,

I'm trying /opt/SUNWns/netscape on Solaris 10
(please refrain from telling me it's old, unsafe and that I shouldn't do
it blah blah ...).
It seems to have problems with file/folder name prompting:
all proposed pathnames begin with a garbage (non-printable) character
and are crippled at the end.
That is, it's unusable.
The problem is similar to this one: https://forums.oracle.com/ords/apexds/post/corrupted-browser-profiles- on-sol-10-1865
Unfortunately no solution was given there.
I had a multi-hour conversation with chatGPT, to no avail.
Even with a pristine .mozilla I get the same result.
Any ideas?
Show me that natural intelligence still is superior to the artificial
one. :-)

A finger in the air guess without seeing more of the environment, I'd
start with locale. I'd set to a UTF-8 and see how it goes.
--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly" http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
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A finger in the air guess without seeing more of the environment,

what exactly do you need?

I'd
start with locale.

$ locale
LANG=C
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_ALL=

I'd set to a UTF-8 and see how it goes.

chatGPT proposed the opposite: set all to "C".
OK, I'll give it a try:

$ export LC_ALL=UTF-8
/bin/ksh: export: couldn't set locale correctly

Btw:

/usr/sfw/bin/mozilla

seems to work properly, at least as far as filenames are concerned.

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On 29.06.2026 15:58, Michael Kraemer @ home wrote:

$ export LC_ALL=UTF-8
>/bin/ksh: export: couldn't set locale correctly

$ export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
$

Good luck!

fw

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On 29/06/2026 15:18, Frank Winkler wrote:

On 29.06.2026 15:58, Michael Kraemer @ home wrote:

-a $ export LC_ALL=UTF-8

/bin/ksh: export: couldn't set locale correctly

$ export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
$

Good luck!

-a-a-a-afw

Depends what he has installed.

locale -a
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On 29/06/2026 14:58, Michael Kraemer @ home wrote:

A finger in the air guess without seeing more of the environment,

what exactly do you need?

I'd start with locale.

$ locale
LANG=C
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_ALL=

I'd set to a UTF-8 and see how it goes.

chatGPT proposed the opposite: set all to "C".
OK, I'll give it a try:

$ export LC_ALL=UTF-8
/bin/ksh: export: couldn't set locale correctly

Use "locale -a" to see what you have available

Btw:

/usr/sfw/bin/mozilla

seems to work properly, at least as far as filenames are concerned.

Ok, I'll bite, why don't you just use that then?


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"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly" http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
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In article <111uc0u$hfv3$2@dont-email.me>, YTC1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> wrote:

Ok, I'll bite, why don't you just use that then?

And as mom might ask, if Sam Altman told you to jump off a bridge,
would you do it?

John
groenveld@acm.org
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On 29.06.2026 20:01, YTC1 wrote:

>Depends what he has installed.

Sure - but isn't "en_US.UTF-8" always installed - or at least very most probably? ;)

Regards

fw

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On 30/06/2026 08:14, Frank Winkler wrote:

On 29.06.2026 20:01, YTC1 wrote:

Depends what he has installed.

Sure - but isn't "en_US.UTF-8" always installed - or at least very most probably? ;)

Ok, I'll rephrase it.
Depends on what he has uninstalled :-)
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On 30.06.2026 10:48, YTC1 wrote:

>Ok, I'll rephrase it.
>Depends on what he has uninstalled :-)
Deal! :D

Regards

fw

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Frank Winkler wrote:

On 29.06.2026 15:58, Michael Kraemer @ home wrote:

$ export LC_ALL=UTF-8
>/bin/ksh: export: couldn't set locale correctly

$ export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
$

Good luck!

Bad luck:

$ export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
/bin/ksh: export: couldn't set locale correctly
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YTC1 wrote:

On 30/06/2026 08:14, Frank Winkler wrote:

On 29.06.2026 20:01, YTC1 wrote:

>Depends what he has installed.

Sure - but isn't "en_US.UTF-8" always installed - or at least very
most probably? ;)

Ok, I'll rephrase it.
Depends on what he has uninstalled :-)

Nothing.
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On 30.06.2026 14:12, Michael Kraemer @ home wrote:

>$ export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
>/bin/ksh: export: couldn't set locale correctly

Then you'll really have to check what's available:

$ locale -a | grep UTF-8
$

Good luck again!

fw

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