[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 ā€˜CP850ā€™ 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 ā€˜CP850ā€™ unavailable - using ASCII

i canā€™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 charsetā€™s that from what i can read online should be thereā€¦

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.. itā€™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 KDEā€¦ and then, if that fixes it iā€™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 ā€œdos charset CP850 unavailable ā€“ using ASCIIā€ message shows a charset mismatch. KDE Dolphin tries to use CP-850 when browsing SMB, but ZimaOS doesnā€™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. Dolphinā€™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.

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not fixed with the newest version of kdeframework 6.20.. i would recommend that we add the charset cp-850.. canā€™t take much room and make it possible to manage oneā€™s samba configā€¦ from what i can read it is not something the webui can work with if i change anything on my own in the files /etc/samba.

it should be said that with another server i have manually set up samba i never had this issue.

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I will report this request to the team. Thank you for your feedback.

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We will fix this as soon as possible.