PuTTY displays unreadable characters
As you can see below in the image, when I use PuTTY it displays these unreadable characters. I have been Googling forever but not yet found the answer, so I thought maybe someone on SO knows this. All settings are unchanged in this program. I have tried many SSH clients; all do this. Is this something with Windows?
ssh putty
edited May 30 '17 at 20:31
A876
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asked Mar 9 '16 at 8:13
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As you can see below in the image, when I use PuTTY it displays these unreadable characters. I have been Googling forever but not yet found the answer, so I thought maybe someone on SO knows this. All settings are unchanged in this program. I have tried many SSH clients; all do this. Is this something with Windows?
ssh putty
edited May 30 '17 at 20:31
A876
805
asked Mar 9 '16 at 8:13
Bas SchreuderBas Schreuder
814
That doesn't look like PuTTY. Why does the window title say "mRemoteNG"?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:09
It is just a wrap around Putty system. I have also used the Putty app, makes no difference as the system behind it is the same.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:51
OK, In Putty's settings, under Window, Translation what is the value of Remote character set? What is the value of Font in Window, Appearance? What happens when you cut the illegible text and paste it into Notepad?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:56
charachters set is UTF-8. And you're on a good track - if i paste the charachters in notepad - i can see normal text.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 10:15
What about the Font? What happens when you set Notepad's font to the same as Putty's?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 10:16
|
show 2 more comments
As you can see below in the image, when I use PuTTY it displays these unreadable characters. I have been Googling forever but not yet found the answer, so I thought maybe someone on SO knows this. All settings are unchanged in this program. I have tried many SSH clients; all do this. Is this something with Windows?
ssh putty
edited May 30 '17 at 20:31
A876
805
asked Mar 9 '16 at 8:13
Bas SchreuderBas Schreuder
814
As you can see below in the image, when I use PuTTY it displays these unreadable characters. I have been Googling forever but not yet found the answer, so I thought maybe someone on SO knows this. All settings are unchanged in this program. I have tried many SSH clients; all do this. Is this something with Windows?
ssh putty
ssh putty
edited May 30 '17 at 20:31
A876
805
asked Mar 9 '16 at 8:13
Bas SchreuderBas Schreuder
814
edited May 30 '17 at 20:31
A876
805
asked Mar 9 '16 at 8:13
Bas SchreuderBas Schreuder
814
edited May 30 '17 at 20:31
A876
805
edited May 30 '17 at 20:31
A876
805
edited May 30 '17 at 20:31
A876
805
805
asked Mar 9 '16 at 8:13
Bas SchreuderBas Schreuder
814
asked Mar 9 '16 at 8:13
Bas SchreuderBas Schreuder
814
asked Mar 9 '16 at 8:13
Bas SchreuderBas Schreuder
814
814
That doesn't look like PuTTY. Why does the window title say "mRemoteNG"?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:09
It is just a wrap around Putty system. I have also used the Putty app, makes no difference as the system behind it is the same.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:51
OK, In Putty's settings, under Window, Translation what is the value of Remote character set? What is the value of Font in Window, Appearance? What happens when you cut the illegible text and paste it into Notepad?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:56
charachters set is UTF-8. And you're on a good track - if i paste the charachters in notepad - i can see normal text.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 10:15
What about the Font? What happens when you set Notepad's font to the same as Putty's?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 10:16
|
show 2 more comments
That doesn't look like PuTTY. Why does the window title say "mRemoteNG"?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:09
It is just a wrap around Putty system. I have also used the Putty app, makes no difference as the system behind it is the same.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:51
OK, In Putty's settings, under Window, Translation what is the value of Remote character set? What is the value of Font in Window, Appearance? What happens when you cut the illegible text and paste it into Notepad?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:56
charachters set is UTF-8. And you're on a good track - if i paste the charachters in notepad - i can see normal text.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 10:15
What about the Font? What happens when you set Notepad's font to the same as Putty's?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 10:16
That doesn't look like PuTTY. Why does the window title say "mRemoteNG"?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:09
That doesn't look like PuTTY. Why does the window title say "mRemoteNG"?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:09
It is just a wrap around Putty system. I have also used the Putty app, makes no difference as the system behind it is the same.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:51
It is just a wrap around Putty system. I have also used the Putty app, makes no difference as the system behind it is the same.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:51
OK, In Putty's settings, under Window, Translation what is the value of Remote character set? What is the value of Font in Window, Appearance? What happens when you cut the illegible text and paste it into Notepad?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:56
OK, In Putty's settings, under Window, Translation what is the value of Remote character set? What is the value of Font in Window, Appearance? What happens when you cut the illegible text and paste it into Notepad?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:56
charachters set is UTF-8. And you're on a good track - if i paste the charachters in notepad - i can see normal text.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 10:15
charachters set is UTF-8. And you're on a good track - if i paste the charachters in notepad - i can see normal text.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 10:15
What about the Font? What happens when you set Notepad's font to the same as Putty's?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 10:16
What about the Font? What happens when you set Notepad's font to the same as Putty's?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 10:16
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It looks like one (or perhaps more) of the following:
- bad font
- display driver problem (perhaps for a specific font?)
- incorrect character-set encoding (UTF-8, Big8, CP866 ...)
If the text displays OK when cut and pasted into Notepad, it confirms this. Set PuTTY to use the same font and encoding as Notepad (at least initially).
Since everything works at a different location you probably need to copy settings from there and use a Font that works in Notepad.
To see Putty's Font, Right click the top left icon in Putty Window title-bar
Then select Change Settings ...
If mRemoteNG is getting in the way of seeing Putty settings, stop using mRemoteNG until you have everything working in plain unadorned standalone normal unviolated Putty.
answered Mar 9 '16 at 10:29
RedGrittyBrickRedGrittyBrick
67.3k13106163
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If you are using Putty with SerialCable . You are maybe using a wrong Baudrate.
But if you are using it for SSH, you can try TeraTerm for checking if it is a Putty- or a Hardware-Problem.
edited Jun 14 '16 at 19:44
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
answered Mar 9 '16 at 8:26
SystemCookieSystemCookie
796
I have no idea what All these terms mean..TeraTerm is software to check this ? Could you explain maybe in more detail what you mean by this ?
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 8:41
I am Austrian so maybe my english is hard to understand. At first i want to know, how you are connecting? Serial, SSH, Telnet etc.? If you are connecting over serial - maybe the baudrate (speed) is wrong. If you are using SSH - what i think, cause you have the tag SSH, you could use teraterm. It is also a SSH-Client and if it works with this client, you know some settings aren't set correctly in putty. You also could try another notebook - but maybe your Server/PC which are connecting to has some problems. I don't think it is a Windows problem.
– SystemCookie
Mar 9 '16 at 8:44
I am connecting via SSH and I have tried many SSH clients. Alle give these strange charachters. On my pc at work everything works, but at home it doesnt. Same server...
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:50
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It looks like one (or perhaps more) of the following:
- bad font
- display driver problem (perhaps for a specific font?)
- incorrect character-set encoding (UTF-8, Big8, CP866 ...)
If the text displays OK when cut and pasted into Notepad, it confirms this. Set PuTTY to use the same font and encoding as Notepad (at least initially).
Since everything works at a different location you probably need to copy settings from there and use a Font that works in Notepad.
To see Putty's Font, Right click the top left icon in Putty Window title-bar
Then select Change Settings ...
If mRemoteNG is getting in the way of seeing Putty settings, stop using mRemoteNG until you have everything working in plain unadorned standalone normal unviolated Putty.
answered Mar 9 '16 at 10:29
RedGrittyBrickRedGrittyBrick
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add a comment |
It looks like one (or perhaps more) of the following:
- bad font
- display driver problem (perhaps for a specific font?)
- incorrect character-set encoding (UTF-8, Big8, CP866 ...)
If the text displays OK when cut and pasted into Notepad, it confirms this. Set PuTTY to use the same font and encoding as Notepad (at least initially).
Since everything works at a different location you probably need to copy settings from there and use a Font that works in Notepad.
To see Putty's Font, Right click the top left icon in Putty Window title-bar
Then select Change Settings ...
If mRemoteNG is getting in the way of seeing Putty settings, stop using mRemoteNG until you have everything working in plain unadorned standalone normal unviolated Putty.
answered Mar 9 '16 at 10:29
RedGrittyBrickRedGrittyBrick
67.3k13106163
add a comment |
It looks like one (or perhaps more) of the following:
- bad font
- display driver problem (perhaps for a specific font?)
- incorrect character-set encoding (UTF-8, Big8, CP866 ...)
If the text displays OK when cut and pasted into Notepad, it confirms this. Set PuTTY to use the same font and encoding as Notepad (at least initially).
Since everything works at a different location you probably need to copy settings from there and use a Font that works in Notepad.
To see Putty's Font, Right click the top left icon in Putty Window title-bar
Then select Change Settings ...
If mRemoteNG is getting in the way of seeing Putty settings, stop using mRemoteNG until you have everything working in plain unadorned standalone normal unviolated Putty.
answered Mar 9 '16 at 10:29
RedGrittyBrickRedGrittyBrick
67.3k13106163
It looks like one (or perhaps more) of the following:
- bad font
- display driver problem (perhaps for a specific font?)
- incorrect character-set encoding (UTF-8, Big8, CP866 ...)
If the text displays OK when cut and pasted into Notepad, it confirms this. Set PuTTY to use the same font and encoding as Notepad (at least initially).
Since everything works at a different location you probably need to copy settings from there and use a Font that works in Notepad.
To see Putty's Font, Right click the top left icon in Putty Window title-bar
Then select Change Settings ...
If mRemoteNG is getting in the way of seeing Putty settings, stop using mRemoteNG until you have everything working in plain unadorned standalone normal unviolated Putty.
answered Mar 9 '16 at 10:29
RedGrittyBrickRedGrittyBrick
67.3k13106163
edited Mar 9 '16 at 10:36
answered Mar 9 '16 at 10:29
RedGrittyBrickRedGrittyBrick
67.3k13106163
answered Mar 9 '16 at 10:29
RedGrittyBrickRedGrittyBrick
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If you are using Putty with SerialCable . You are maybe using a wrong Baudrate.
But if you are using it for SSH, you can try TeraTerm for checking if it is a Putty- or a Hardware-Problem.
edited Jun 14 '16 at 19:44
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
answered Mar 9 '16 at 8:26
SystemCookieSystemCookie
796
I have no idea what All these terms mean..TeraTerm is software to check this ? Could you explain maybe in more detail what you mean by this ?
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 8:41
I am Austrian so maybe my english is hard to understand. At first i want to know, how you are connecting? Serial, SSH, Telnet etc.? If you are connecting over serial - maybe the baudrate (speed) is wrong. If you are using SSH - what i think, cause you have the tag SSH, you could use teraterm. It is also a SSH-Client and if it works with this client, you know some settings aren't set correctly in putty. You also could try another notebook - but maybe your Server/PC which are connecting to has some problems. I don't think it is a Windows problem.
– SystemCookie
Mar 9 '16 at 8:44
I am connecting via SSH and I have tried many SSH clients. Alle give these strange charachters. On my pc at work everything works, but at home it doesnt. Same server...
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:50
add a comment |
If you are using Putty with SerialCable . You are maybe using a wrong Baudrate.
But if you are using it for SSH, you can try TeraTerm for checking if it is a Putty- or a Hardware-Problem.
edited Jun 14 '16 at 19:44
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
answered Mar 9 '16 at 8:26
SystemCookieSystemCookie
796
I have no idea what All these terms mean..TeraTerm is software to check this ? Could you explain maybe in more detail what you mean by this ?
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 8:41
I am Austrian so maybe my english is hard to understand. At first i want to know, how you are connecting? Serial, SSH, Telnet etc.? If you are connecting over serial - maybe the baudrate (speed) is wrong. If you are using SSH - what i think, cause you have the tag SSH, you could use teraterm. It is also a SSH-Client and if it works with this client, you know some settings aren't set correctly in putty. You also could try another notebook - but maybe your Server/PC which are connecting to has some problems. I don't think it is a Windows problem.
– SystemCookie
Mar 9 '16 at 8:44
I am connecting via SSH and I have tried many SSH clients. Alle give these strange charachters. On my pc at work everything works, but at home it doesnt. Same server...
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:50
add a comment |
If you are using Putty with SerialCable . You are maybe using a wrong Baudrate.
But if you are using it for SSH, you can try TeraTerm for checking if it is a Putty- or a Hardware-Problem.
edited Jun 14 '16 at 19:44
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
answered Mar 9 '16 at 8:26
SystemCookieSystemCookie
796
If you are using Putty with SerialCable . You are maybe using a wrong Baudrate.
But if you are using it for SSH, you can try TeraTerm for checking if it is a Putty- or a Hardware-Problem.
edited Jun 14 '16 at 19:44
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
answered Mar 9 '16 at 8:26
SystemCookieSystemCookie
796
edited Jun 14 '16 at 19:44
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
edited Jun 14 '16 at 19:44
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
edited Jun 14 '16 at 19:44
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
1,24561218
answered Mar 9 '16 at 8:26
SystemCookieSystemCookie
796
answered Mar 9 '16 at 8:26
SystemCookieSystemCookie
796
answered Mar 9 '16 at 8:26
SystemCookieSystemCookie
796
796
I have no idea what All these terms mean..TeraTerm is software to check this ? Could you explain maybe in more detail what you mean by this ?
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 8:41
I am Austrian so maybe my english is hard to understand. At first i want to know, how you are connecting? Serial, SSH, Telnet etc.? If you are connecting over serial - maybe the baudrate (speed) is wrong. If you are using SSH - what i think, cause you have the tag SSH, you could use teraterm. It is also a SSH-Client and if it works with this client, you know some settings aren't set correctly in putty. You also could try another notebook - but maybe your Server/PC which are connecting to has some problems. I don't think it is a Windows problem.
– SystemCookie
Mar 9 '16 at 8:44
I am connecting via SSH and I have tried many SSH clients. Alle give these strange charachters. On my pc at work everything works, but at home it doesnt. Same server...
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:50
add a comment |
I have no idea what All these terms mean..TeraTerm is software to check this ? Could you explain maybe in more detail what you mean by this ?
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 8:41
I am Austrian so maybe my english is hard to understand. At first i want to know, how you are connecting? Serial, SSH, Telnet etc.? If you are connecting over serial - maybe the baudrate (speed) is wrong. If you are using SSH - what i think, cause you have the tag SSH, you could use teraterm. It is also a SSH-Client and if it works with this client, you know some settings aren't set correctly in putty. You also could try another notebook - but maybe your Server/PC which are connecting to has some problems. I don't think it is a Windows problem.
– SystemCookie
Mar 9 '16 at 8:44
I am connecting via SSH and I have tried many SSH clients. Alle give these strange charachters. On my pc at work everything works, but at home it doesnt. Same server...
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:50
I have no idea what All these terms mean..TeraTerm is software to check this ? Could you explain maybe in more detail what you mean by this ?
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 8:41
I have no idea what All these terms mean..TeraTerm is software to check this ? Could you explain maybe in more detail what you mean by this ?
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 8:41
I am Austrian so maybe my english is hard to understand. At first i want to know, how you are connecting? Serial, SSH, Telnet etc.? If you are connecting over serial - maybe the baudrate (speed) is wrong. If you are using SSH - what i think, cause you have the tag SSH, you could use teraterm. It is also a SSH-Client and if it works with this client, you know some settings aren't set correctly in putty. You also could try another notebook - but maybe your Server/PC which are connecting to has some problems. I don't think it is a Windows problem.
– SystemCookie
Mar 9 '16 at 8:44
I am Austrian so maybe my english is hard to understand. At first i want to know, how you are connecting? Serial, SSH, Telnet etc.? If you are connecting over serial - maybe the baudrate (speed) is wrong. If you are using SSH - what i think, cause you have the tag SSH, you could use teraterm. It is also a SSH-Client and if it works with this client, you know some settings aren't set correctly in putty. You also could try another notebook - but maybe your Server/PC which are connecting to has some problems. I don't think it is a Windows problem.
– SystemCookie
Mar 9 '16 at 8:44
I am connecting via SSH and I have tried many SSH clients. Alle give these strange charachters. On my pc at work everything works, but at home it doesnt. Same server...
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:50
I am connecting via SSH and I have tried many SSH clients. Alle give these strange charachters. On my pc at work everything works, but at home it doesnt. Same server...
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:50
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That doesn't look like PuTTY. Why does the window title say "mRemoteNG"?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:09
It is just a wrap around Putty system. I have also used the Putty app, makes no difference as the system behind it is the same.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 9:51
OK, In Putty's settings, under Window, Translation what is the value of Remote character set? What is the value of Font in Window, Appearance? What happens when you cut the illegible text and paste it into Notepad?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 9:56
charachters set is UTF-8. And you're on a good track - if i paste the charachters in notepad - i can see normal text.
– Bas Schreuder
Mar 9 '16 at 10:15
What about the Font? What happens when you set Notepad's font to the same as Putty's?
– RedGrittyBrick
Mar 9 '16 at 10:16