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SubjectRe: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9319] New: National characters are not displayed under console.
This isn't a regression.  It's an intentional default change.

The default console mode changed from 8-bit legacy to UTF-8 in 2.6.24.

Apparently this user is using a legacy character set (note that it's a
Slackware machine), and isn't explicitly setting the character set via
the appropriate escape sequence.

The new default can be overridden via
/sys/module/vt/parameters/default_utf8 or something like that...

-hpa

Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:19:16 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9319
>>
>> Summary: National characters are not displayed under console.
>> Product: Drivers
>> Version: 2.5
>> KernelVersion: 2.6.24-rcX
>> Platform: All
>> OS/Version: Linux
>> Tree: Mainline
>> Status: NEW
>> Severity: normal
>> Priority: P1
>> Component: Console/Framebuffers
>> AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org
>> ReportedBy: hannibal@astral.lodz.pl
>>
>>
>> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.23
>>
>> Distribution: Slackware
>>
>> Hardware Environment:
>> Toshiba Tecra M1
>> Pentium M 1.6 512MB RAM, ICH4-M chipset, Trident CyberBlade XP4 video card
>>
>> Software Environment: Slackware-current (kbd-1.12, glibs 2.5)
>>
>> Problem Description:
>> The national characters like "ą", "ł" or "ż" are not displayed corectlly
>> under console (no matter vesa framebuffer, or standard vga). Instead of them
>> "?" on strange background is displayed. Problem begins on 2.6.24-rc1 and
>> continues on 2.6.24-rc2. On 2.6.23 everything is OK.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>> Run 2.6.24-rcX kernel and set national console font by setfont.
>>
>
> Another post-2.6.23 regression. Possible culprits cc'ed?
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