[Olug-list] Converting from UTF-8 to iso-8859-1

[Andreas H]

> I need to globally change my newly installed Linux Suse 9.1 operating
> system from UTF-8 to iso-8859-1 so that it can display the norwegian
> letters =E5,=E6,=F8. Can anyone help me with this. Perhaps I should =
mention
> that the language the operating system uses to communicate with me is
> english.

Take a look inside /etc/sysconfig/language and change the RC_LANG
variable (for example mine is nb_NO.ISO-8859-1). You could also change
this variable in 'yast' under System->/etc/sysconfig
Editor->System->Environment->Language.=20

Cheers,
Andreas H