I have some strange bugs possibly related to character encoding or problems with filenames, here are some clues:
Clue #1: LibreOffice Writer 4.1 won't open files with Icelandic characters in the file name (f.ex. Ritgerð.doc and Skýrsla.docx) but when I change the name to Ritgerd.doc or Skyrsla.docx can open the files and save without any problems.
Clue #2: Dropbox won't sync files with Icelandic characters in the file name. And as with LibreOffice, if I rename the files they will be synced.
Clue #3: Shortly after I got the other bugs (but only like one day later), the Icelandic keys on my keyboard stopped being Icelandic in Google Chrome Beta ("æ" became ";"), event though I had the right keyboard layout installed. I switched to Google Chrome Stable and din't encounter this after that.
Clue #4: This seems to have happened after I used the apt-get autoremove command.
Does anyone have an idea about what is going on?
[UPDATE]
I am using ext2 filesystem and when I try to open files with Icelandic characters in their file names I get an error from LibreOffice saying that "/home/traustid/Dropbox/Sagnagrunnur/Skᅢᄑrsla og ritgerᅢᄚ - Heimildaskrᅢᄀ.doc does not exist." (with Icelandic characters really messed up).
env | grep LANG
say? Mine saysLANG=en_US.UTF-8
confirming the use of UTF=8...