Hi, > > > > can anyone please tell me where this error comes from? > > > > $ acroread > > > > Warning: charset "UTF-8" not supported, using "ISO8859-1". > > > > Aborted > > > > > > Well, what I used to do to get around this: > > > export LANG="C" > > > Then run acroread. > > > > Thanks a bundle! It works!! Do you (or anyone) know how I can get > > this to work automatically? > > Type 'which acroread' and edit that file (it is actually a script) > put the export line after the first line of the script. This questions apears over and over on this list. It should be a FAQ - and people should learn to search the archives before asking again :-) But I have to note that this solution works only for english-speaking people. When you use LANG=C you loose all regional settings, translations and ability to use accented characters. The correct solution to to see what's your original LANG value is, for example: $ echo $LANG pt_BR.UTF-8 And then change jut the part *after* the dot to "ISO8859-1". This way acrobat (and other non-Unicode enabled software) works as they did on older releases of Red Hat, and you don't loose your regional settings. So, in my setup the solution would be: $ export LANG=pt_BR.ISO8859-1 []s, Fernando Lozano
