use of graphics characters recently disabled in xterm

[Adam Pribyl]

On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, Theodore Kilgore wrote:

>
> The only thing I can think of is that something in the options for xterm 
> needs to be changed, but I have no clue about what that magic option might 
> be. Or, it could possibly be some library which deals with graphics and is 
> somehow broken on an AMD-based machine.
>
> I am pretty much guessing, of course, but to fix the problem would be nice. 
> Anyone have an idea?

Check your TERM (echo $TERM) variable in xterm. Most probably the 
slackware switched to xterm-256color or something. Also check the output 
of "locale" and check the Ctrl-right click menu in xterm for some font 
settings.


> Theodore Kilgore


Adam Pribyl