Re: chars > 0xa0 not displayed in console since 2.6.24

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Tue Jan 29 2008 - 15:07:47 EST



On Jan 28 2008 20:00, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
>
> Chars are displayed OK in kernels < 2.6.24 (2.6.22.16, 2.6.23.14) with the same
> config.
> I booted clean with init=/bin/bash to discard distro (slackware-current)
> problem/incompat, but the problem persist.
>
> This is a know problem?

Yes, it is a "known" (at least in kernel land, not sure about slack)
"problem" with slackware which does not explicitly set 8-bit mode
during bootup.
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