Messages in this thread | | | From | "Alexander E. Patrakov" <> | Subject | Re: Trouble with 8-pixel screen fonts and 2.6 kernels (2.6.9, 2.6.10) | Date | Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:06:42 +0500 |
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Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> (This report is on behalf of Declan Moriarty) > > To reproduce the problem, install the "kbd" package, and from the first > virtual console execute the following command: > > setfont lat1-08 # or any other 8-pixel font
Forgot to say that this bug is reproducible only on non-framebuffer console.
> Then switch to the second console and see that the cursor disappeared. > Moreover, the following escape sequences function improperly: > > echo -e '\033[?Xc' where X is a digit > > Even more, from the second console this command > > setfont lat1-16 > > gives 43 screen lines with only upper halves of characters (bottoms are > cut, and I suspect this also happens with the cursor). > > Looks like a bug in the character cell height logic. Could you please fix > it or at least point me to some overview of the relevant source files?
This bug seems to be Radeon-specific (doesn't exist on ATI Mach64). But even on Radeons, it can't be reproduced in 2.4 kernels - so it's a kernel bug.
-- Alexander E. Patrakov
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