[not a zimaos issue but KDE] Samba shares and error msg > dos charset 'CP850' unavailable - using ASCII <

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This is my log, im unable to browse my zimaOS share..

Oct 20 23:49:13 ZimaBoard2 rpcd_winreg[3481694]: [2025/10/20 23:49:13.478852, 0] ../../source3/rpc_server/rpc_worker.c:1148(rpc_worker_main)
Oct 20 23:49:13 ZimaBoard2 rpcd_winreg[3481694]: rpcd_winreg version 4.21.4 started.
Oct 20 23:49:13 ZimaBoard2 rpcd_winreg[3481694]: Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2024
Oct 20 23:49:13 ZimaBoard2 rpcd_winreg[3481694]: [2025/10/20 23:49:13.482314, 0] ../../lib/util/charset/codepoints.c:16648(get_conv_handle)
Oct 20 23:49:13 ZimaBoard2 rpcd_winreg[3481694]: dos charset ‘CP850’ unavailable - using ASCII
Oct 20 23:49:13 ZimaBoard2 rpcd_classic[3481691]: [2025/10/20 23:49:13.498454, 0] ../../lib/util/charset/codepoints.c:16648(get_conv_handle)
Oct 20 23:49:13 ZimaBoard2 rpcd_classic[3481691]: dos charset ‘CP850’ unavailable - using ASCII

i can’t see my shared disk also where i have a lot of files..
from a google search, it seems like iconv is missing maybe..

below pictures are from zimaOS via ssh

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my computer is running arch linux with KDE and using dolfin filemanager.. it works great on my older shares on the network.. and windows.. but not ZimaOS

seems like there are some support missing for charset’s that from what i can read online should be there…

the missing charset error, is that the reason that my other shares does not show up?

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i think i got what the issue is.. it’s KDE dolphin smb browser issue.. and have something to do with charset of the share and smb browser client..

there might be a solution soon from KDE… and then, if that fixes it i’ll mark it solved

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nope still not fixed in the newest version of dolphin for KDE plasma 6.5..
i vote for some way of advanced level/administrator for samba settings.. zimaos is the only place where i have seen this issue.. though i think this is a kde issue with kio modules or sort.

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The “dos charset CP850 unavailable – using ASCII” message shows a charset mismatch. KDE Dolphin tries to use CP-850 when browsing SMB, but ZimaOS doesn’t include that charset, so Samba falls back to ASCII. Because of that fallback, filenames with non-ASCII characters may not display, which makes some folders appear missing.

Other clients like Windows, GNOME, or CLI work because they negotiate UTF-8 properly. Dolphin’s SMB backend behaves differently, so the issue is on the KDE side rather than ZimaOS.

A future KDE/SMB update would be needed to resolve this. In the meantime, browsing the share with another client will work normally.