From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261612AbVAMNFm (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:05:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261611AbVAMNFm (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:05:42 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:40896 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261621AbVAMNFF (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:05:05 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: inet.ycc.ru User-Agent: KNode/0.8.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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