Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9319] New: National characters are not displayed under console.

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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) [email protected] 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: [email protected]
        ReportedBy: [email protected]


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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