[CentOS] ncurses programs look messaed up

[Robin Mordasiewicz]

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Robin Mordasiewicz wrote:

> When using things like links, centericq, or ntsysv on my fedora core 2 box 
> the fonts in ncurses based programs look fine, but on my centos4.2 box all 
> the pipes and dashes end up looking like
>
> ââââââââââââââââââ
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this problem ?


this is what ntsysv ends up looking like

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