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Bug 32279 - Can't set console font on ttys if kernel version >= 2.5.69
Summary: Can't set console font on ttys if kernel version >= 2.5.69
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED)
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Blocks: 27216
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Reported: 2003-10-29 09:52 UTC by Krzysztof Kotlenga
Modified: 2003-11-01 14:03 UTC (History)
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Description Krzysztof Kotlenga 2003-10-29 09:52:53 UTC 
The ioctls changed in kernel 2.5.69, causing setfont (from kbd)
to only change the font on the current tty.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set console font in /etc/rc.conf
2. Run /etc/init.d/consolefont restart
3. Switch to another tty and type some chars from that font
Actual Results:  
It won't work.

Expected Results:  
It should work.

Small patch:
http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/patches/2003-September/000336.html

kbd-1.06 (x86)
Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-29 13:03:15 UTC 
Please update to 1.08.
Comment 2 Krzysztof Kotlenga 2003-10-30 09:35:40 UTC 
1.08 doesn't fix anything. It sets font only on current tty.
Comment 3 Yuri Enshin 2003-10-31 09:52:22 UTC 
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27216
Comment 4 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-31 12:50:05 UTC 
Sorry, sorda missed the meat of this.  It hangs over here if I patch and
add --tty /dev/tty?
Comment 5 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-31 13:07:06 UTC 
Bah, dont worry, saw my mistake.
Comment 6 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-31 13:20:38 UTC 
Added to CVS, thanks.