Am 14/12/02 15:25 schrieb "Kim Gammelgård" > I don't think it has anything to do with the installation or not. I have > Japanese installed on my iBook here, and I cannot read the messages up-front > either. If I change the encoding (Format->Character set) to Japanese, the > messages show fine. Kim, good to hear that and this may have been the only thing affecting others as well and all they needed to do was switch as you mentioned...I am interested though..do you not normally leave the setting on "automatic" for character set? Did this not work with Shravan's messages? Might only be affecting me but when I go to the Format menu/Character set the Japanese sets are "grayed" out...Indicating that until I install them I will not be able to select them?...As you mention that you have them installed this wasn't the problem for you. I left the jp set out on install because if I remember correctly it was over 100 MB! in size...Didn't think I would need it, Doh! Has anyone tried after initial install to get components of X on iBook (700 ice) without doing complete install? i.e. Additional Language Support kits only? TIA, Richard --