£ becomes ??

thebloyn · 20 Dec 2013 at 11:42

Hi got the issue that is driving me mad - and stopping me from logging into places

my laptop registers/sends the £ sign as ??

I have had the mobo replaced on it for another issue, it was doing it well before, and it still continues. It has had a new NIC as the mac had changed

I boot to linux of a usb drive and the issue exists (use terminal to login via ssh to server - it wont accept the password with a £ sign)

the only reason I found out it was doing was do an sql insert using a phrase with £ in it, and the result in the database was ?? instead of £

copy/paste still saves a ?? instead of a £

what can it be?

its a dell inpsiron 5520 laptop

i thought it might be my network but tethering off my mobile and it still does it.

Six6siX · 20 Dec 2013 at 15:26

Obvious thing but is the character set/language/keyboard layout correctly set?

lsg1r · 20 Dec 2013 at 15:32

yeah it sounds like the keyboard/os language is set to US not UK

thebloyn · 20 Dec 2013 at 15:58

its set to uk, as it was in linux when booting from usb

i can type the £ all day long but when using the net it sends a ??

Joshct · 20 Dec 2013 at 19:44

I'd double check all the language even if you think it was right.
Apart from that... are you a touch typer... has she switched the keys lol? Weird as it seems i've had that problem at work.

"No, changing the keys around doesn't actually change what happens when you press them"