Package: xterm Version: 4.2.1-8 Severity: minor compare xterm/uxterm with LANG=$$$.UTF-8 and LANG=C , with utf8 you can actually see every character being written on the term :(
-- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux Xzeus 2.4.21-ck1 #1 Mon Jun 16 23:58:34 CEST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 Versions of packages xterm depends on: ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfreetype6 2.1.4-4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libncurses5 5.3.20030510-2 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libxaw7 4.2.1-8 X Athena widget set library ii xlibs 4.2.1-8 X Window System client libraries -- no debconf information
