Truoble with 8-pixel screen fonts and 2.6 kernels (2.6.9, 2.6.10)

["Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@ums.usu.ru>]

(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

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?

-- 
Alexander E. Patrakov