Re: commit a29ccf6f823a84d89e1c7aaaf221cf7282022024 break console on slackware 12.1

[Grant Coady]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:54:52 +0200, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 30-07-08 02:30, Grant Coady wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:03:47 -0700, Tim Bird <tim.bird@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Marco Berizzi wrote:
>>>> alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You don't actually say whether you had CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS=y or not?
>>>> yes console_translation is set to yes. It cannot be changed if embedded is not
>>>> set.
>>> If console_translation is set to yes, the behavior should be unchanged from
>>> 2.6.26.  Can you please send me your .config?
>>>
>>> Also, can you please describe what breakage you are seeing?
>> 
>> I have the same issue, the line drawing characters are displayed as an odd 
>> looking C with a tail.  Slackware-12.1 and Slamd64-12.1.
>> 
>> .configs:
>>   http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/test/boxen/pooh/config-2.6.27-rc1a.gz
>>   http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/test/boxen/pooh64/config-2.6.27-rc1a.gz
>> 
>> CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS=y ?? yes it's on
>
>Sorry, didn't read the thread so just hoping to say something useful:
>
>slackware 12.1 installes by default with "vt.default_utf8=0" as a kernel 
>param which may be involved here. I saw that picture that someone posted 
>and to me that was nothing new -- my console has always looked that way 
>if I set my locale to a UTF8 locale but do not change the console font.

I tried booting with that var set or commented out, the problem stayed.
>
>"LANG=C menuconfig" works for me when I can't, won't or just don't start 
>X with it's terminals with UTF8 fonts...

I don't normally use console as I run linux boxes headless most of the 
time via PuTTY terminals, and they're fine.  

Grant.
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