--- grub2.orig/util/console.c	2007-07-22 01:32:31.000000000 +0200
+++ grub2/util/console.c	2007-10-13 16:13:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -161,53 +161,59 @@ grub_ncurses_getkey (void)
       c = getch ();
     }
 
+  /* XXX: return GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_* does not work here,
+     grub_cmdline_get() does not check for these constants.
+     At least on i386-pc, GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_* are in fact keyboard
+     scancodes which are converted into control chars by
+     grub_console_getkey(). */
+
   switch (c)
     {
     case KEY_LEFT:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_LEFT;
+      c = 2; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_LEFT*/
       break;
 
     case KEY_RIGHT:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_RIGHT;
+      c = 6; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_RIGHT*/
       break;
       
     case KEY_UP:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_UP;
+      c = 16; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_UP*/
       break;
 
     case KEY_DOWN:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_DOWN;
+      c = 14; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_DOWN*/
       break;
 
     case KEY_IC:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_IC;
+      c = 24; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_IC*/
       break;
 
     case KEY_DC:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_DC;
+      c = 4; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_DC*/
       break;
 
     case KEY_BACKSPACE:
       /* XXX: For some reason ncurses on xterm does not return
 	 KEY_BACKSPACE.  */
     case 127: 
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_BACKSPACE;
+      c = 8; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_BACKSPACE*/;
       break;
 
     case KEY_HOME:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_HOME;
+      c = 1; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_HOME*/
       break;
 
     case KEY_END:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_END;
+      c = 5; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_END*/
       break;
 
     case KEY_NPAGE:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_NPAGE;
+      c = 3; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_NPAGE*/
       break;
 
     case KEY_PPAGE:
-      c = GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_PPAGE;
+      c = 7; /*GRUB_CONSOLE_KEY_PPAGE*/
       break;
     }