On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 09:59:19AM +0100, Alastair McKinstry wrote:
> >
> > Aha! Removing the symlink in /etc/rcS.d to
> >/etc/init.d/console-screen does indeed make the bug go away. If that
> >caused any side effects, I didn't detect them.
> >
> This is confusing; console-tools has not changed in many weeks.
That makes me wonder whether this has been going on for quite a
while, and I just wasn't watching.
> While console-screen can change the video mode, it does not by default,
> for the
> reasons described: no safe defaults on all the old hardware out there.
>
> Can you please send a copy of:
> /etc/console-tools/*
$ cat /etc/console-tools/config
#
# This files tells the console-tools package:
#
# - whether to load a specific font and boot (and maybe a screen-font map,
# but you should avoid that if possible).
# - whether to setup an Application-Charset Map other than the default CP437.
# - whether to start "vcstime" to have time on all text VC'S.
#
# You can also specify per-VC settings by suffixing variable names as in
# the examples below. This only works on framebuffer devices.
#
# CAVEATS:
#
# - When using the new framebuffer devices, the "global setting" for a font
# only affects the current console (ie., at boot-time, the first one)
# - ACM setting involves 2 steps (maybe loading a user ACM, and activating
# it on a given charset slot - see charset(1) for details), the 1st of which
# affects the entire system, but the 2nd of which only affects the current
# VC (ie., at boot-time, the first one). So that if you want to use the same
# ACM on all VCs, you have to specify "APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc<N>=user" for all
# relevant values of <N>.
#
# Example:
#
#SCREEN_FONT=iso01.f16
#SCREEN_FONT_vc2=LatArCyrHeb-16
#
#APP_CHARSET_MAP=iso05
#APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc2=user
#
# Set the following - more euro-friendly default than kernel font.
# SCREEN_FONT=latcyrheb-sun16.psf
#DO_VCSTIME=yes
#
# Forget this one unless you _know_ it is necessary for your font:
#SCREEN_FONT_MAP=iso01
# **** screen saver/DPMS settings: all VCs ****
# These settings are commented by default to avoid the chance of damage to
# very old monitors that don't support DPMS signalling.
# screen blanking timeout. monitor remains on, but the screen is cleared to
# range: 0-60 min (0==never) kernels I've looked at default to 10 minutes.
# (see linux/drivers/char/console.c)
BLANK_TIME=30
# blanking method (VESA DPMS mode to use after BLANK_TIME, before powerdown):
# on: the default, no DPMS signalling. near instant powerup, no power saving
# vsync: DPMS Standby mode. nearly instant recovery, uses 110/120W (17" screen)
# hsync: DPMS Suspend mode. typically 3s recovery, uses 15/120W (17" screen)
# powerdown,off: DPMS Off mode, typ. 10s recovery, uses 5/120W (17" screen)
# Those values are for my 17" Mag, but some monitors do suspend the same as
# standby. xset dpms force {off|standby|suspend|on} is useful for this, if X
# supports DPMS on your video card. Set X's DPMS screensaver with xset dpms
# or use option power_saver in XF86Config
#
# DPMS set by default to on, because hsync can cause problems on certain
# hardware, such as Armada E500 laptops
BLANK_DPMS=off
# Powerdown time. The console will go to DPMS Off mode POWERDOWN_TIME
# minutes _after_ blanking. (POWERDOWN_TIME + BLANK_TIME after the last input)
POWERDOWN_TIME=30
# rate and delay can get only specific values, consult kbdrate(1) for help
#KEYBOARD_RATE="30"
#KEYBOARD_DELAY="250"
# Turn on numlock by default
#LEDS=+num
SCREEN_FONT=lat0-sun16
SCREEN_FONT_vc2=lat0-sun16
SCREEN_FONT_vc3=lat0-sun16
SCREEN_FONT_vc4=lat0-sun16
SCREEN_FONT_vc5=lat0-sun16
SCREEN_FONT_vc6=lat0-sun16
$ cat /etc/console-tools/remap
# This sed script is run across the dumpkeys output to remap keys on the console
# This turns caps lock into control
#s/keycode 58 = Caps_Lock/keycode 58 = Control/;
> dpkg -l | grep splash
No output.
> dpkg -l | grep console
$ dpkg -l | grep console
ii console-common 0.7.60 Basic
infrastructure for text console configuration
ii console-data 1.0-2 Keymaps,
fonts, charset maps, fallback tables for console-tools
ii console-tools 0.2.3dbs-64 Linux console
and font utilities
ii libconsole 0.2.3dbs-64 Shared
libraries for Linux console and font manipulation
ii libjline-java 0.9.5-2 Java library
for handling console input
ii libsvga1 1.4.3-23 console SVGA
display libraries
ii usbutils 0.72-4 USB console
utilities
> kernel version?
$ uname -a
Linux edgar 2.6.16-2-k7-smp #1 SMP Sat Jul 15 23:38:43 UTC 2006 i686
GNU/Linux
I turned the symlink back on to make sure recent Etch updates
haven't eliminated the bug. They haven't.
What tests would you like next?
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