[Bug 587268] [NEW] Mounting of FAT32 partition doesn't lists filenames and directores with international latin charactares properly

[Invader Zim]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: util-linux

Even with in the present day with a recent (K)ubuntu installation, a
fresh clean formatted Lucid Lynx install, an average user cannot use his
FAT32 partition if the filenames and directories have international
latin characters (accentuations, etc.)

1. Open Dolphin
2. Click on the HD partition with FAT32
3. Directories and filenames with accentuations and other non-english marks are unreadable

Average user can't find out a solution.

Actually the solution is simple, I just copied the fstab entry for
/dev/fd0 (which has a utf8 option) for /dev/fat32diskdevice.

But still in this present day, Ubuntu cannot easily detect and correctly
configure the mounting for recognizing international latin characters
like ã á í ó.

Definately a showstopper for a potential user switching from FAT32
systems to Ubuntu, since the person cannot read correctly his/her files,
nor can he/she read the files/directories.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mount 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 29 12:02:54 2010
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
 LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: util-linux

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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Mounting of FAT32 partition doesn't lists filenames and directores with international latin charactares properly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/587268
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