What are the reasons for garbled text appearing after running Linux?
There are several possible reasons for garbled characters appearing in the Linux system:
- Character encoding mismatch: When the character encoding of a text file does not match the encoding of the current system, garbled text may appear. For example, if a text file is saved using UTF-8 encoding but the system’s default encoding is GBK, opening this file would result in garbled text.
- Missing font files: Some characters may require specific font files to display correctly, leading to garbled text if the system is missing these font files.
- Terminal setting issue: When running a program in a terminal, the character encoding settings of the terminal may affect the display of text. If the character encoding settings of the terminal are incorrect, it will result in garbled text.
- Issue: Some programs may have their own character encoding settings, and if the program’s character encoding setting is incorrect, it will result in garbled text.
Methods to solve encoding issues include:
- Open the file with the correct character encoding: Use a text editor or terminal command line tool to specify the correct character encoding when opening the file.
- Install the missing font files: You can solve the garbled text issue by installing the relevant font files.
- Check the terminal character encoding settings: You can view and modify the terminal’s character encoding settings using the terminal settings feature.
- Check the character encoding settings of the program: If a specific program is displaying garbled characters, you can refer to the program’s configuration file or documentation to understand how to change the character encoding settings.