Bug#528357: /usr/bin/showconsolefont: produces garbage

2009-07-08 Thread Michael Schutte
Hi Norm, On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 01:56:38PM -0400, Norm Pierce wrote: > Michael, you wondered which kernel introduced this behavior. This problem > first appeared with kernel 2.6.28-rc9, 2008-Dec-19 and was released in > kernel 2.6.28, 2008-Dec-24. The correction first appeared in kernel > 2.6.3

Bug#528357: /usr/bin/showconsolefont: produces garbage

2009-07-02 Thread Norm Pierce
As already noted by others, this problem is a result of a change in the kernel. That change was reversed in the 2.6.30 kernel. No change should be needed to showconsolefont when running with the corrected kernel. (However, I am not currently a Debian user, so have not tested this. This theory st

Bug#528357: /usr/bin/showconsolefont: produces garbage

2009-05-18 Thread Michael Schutte
tag 528357 + patch thanks On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 09:15:25PM +0200, Michael Schutte wrote: > One way to solve this would be to check which mode the VT is in and then > using the appropriate way to print spaces. The attached patch uses this approach. -- Michael Schutte From 8c30fa09c9738b6b3605

Bug#528357: /usr/bin/showconsolefont: produces garbage

2009-05-16 Thread Michael Schutte
Hi Alexey, Somewhere between 2.6.26 and 2.6.29, a change in the Linux kernel has caused showconsolefont to print garbage instead of spaces. A Debian user has provided these two screenshots in his bug report [1]: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=15;filename=showconsolefont-le

Bug#528357: /usr/bin/showconsolefont: produces garbage

2009-05-16 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Michael Schutte , 2009-05-16, 17:50: With recent kernels, showconsolefont produces garbage. See the attached screenshot. I can confirm this problem. Have you got an example for a kernel version where showconsolefont still works? With Lenny kernel everything is right. See the attachment. -

Bug#528357: /usr/bin/showconsolefont: produces garbage

2009-05-16 Thread Michael Schutte
Hi Jakub, On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 01:56:26PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Package: kbd > Version: 1.15-1 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/bin/showconsolefont > > With recent kernels, showconsolefont produces garbage. See the attached > screenshot. I can confirm this problem. Have you got an exampl

Bug#528357: /usr/bin/showconsolefont: produces garbage

2009-05-12 Thread Jakub Wilk
Package: kbd Version: 1.15-1 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/showconsolefont With recent kernels, showconsolefont produces garbage. See the attached screenshot. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental') Arch