Bug 32279

Summary:	Can't set console font on ttys if kernel version >= 2.5.69
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Krzysztof Kotlenga <pocek>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) <azarah>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	kot
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	27216

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.