On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 09:31 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Apr 2 2007 14:49, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > >On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 20:13 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > >> Allow for the palette to be exposed and changed via sysfs. A call to > >> /usr/bin/reset will slurp the new definitions in for the current > >> console. > > > >I like this. The escape sequences to change the palette does not stay > >permanently. > > As much as you like it, there is a slight problem with it. Linux will > currently throw virtual consoles out of UTF8 mode when reset is called. > > Also see: > http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/5/17/289 > http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/5/17/297 > > These posts argue about terminfo being the culprit. But how can terminfo > be at fault, when `echo -en "\ec"` triggers it too? > > Since I am in a patch mood, here's my stance/patch, which is compile and > run tested and behaves as expected (both with `echo` and `reset`).
Tested and works here too. Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
