Bug 27216 – consolefont script sets only tty1 in kernel 2.6.0-test4

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Genady Okrain 2003-08-24 06:28:52 UTC]

I'm not sure about other kernels
but with gentoo-sources it's working!

[Comment 1 Narada Sage 2003-09-05 05:32:17 UTC]

Just a note to say that I too have noticed this problem.  With 2.6 kernels /etc/init.d/consolefont only sets virtual terminal 1 with the custom font from /etc/rc.conf.  The remainder VTs (2-6) stay with the default font and are unchanged.  Since this involves an init.d script I'm adding [e-mail] to CC.

[Comment 2 Yuri Enshin 2003-09-10 16:30:54 UTC]

AFAIK, this problem have 3 parts:
1) In kernel 2.4, only one user-defined font can be loaded and used for all consoles. So setfont from kbd package don't need (and have) parameter 'console number' - it's load font for foreground console and then we can say 'use user-defined font' for all consoles (echo 'esc(K' >/dev/ttyN).
But console driver in kernel 2.6 can load different fonts for each console. So, we  need instruct setfont to which console we want load font, by patching kbd and add new parameter for setfont.
2) Additional problem named 'font unicode map'. tty's ioctl operation KDFONTOP correctly handle first ioctl parameter and operate with specified console, but PIO_UNIMAP (we need it for load corresponding unimap after loading font) ignore this parameter and always load unimap to foreground console. So we need also patching kernel for correct ioctl(..., PIO_UNIMAP, ...) handling.
3) And, finally, we need change the consolefont init.d script to use the new setfont parameter.

I make the quick patches for 1) and 2) 

[Comment 3 Yuri Enshin 2003-09-10 16:32:26 UTC]

Created attachment 17470 [details]
patch for kernel 2.6 to solve incorrect PIO_UNIMAP ioctl handling

[Comment 4 Yuri Enshin 2003-09-10 16:35:23 UTC]

Created attachment 17471 [details]
patch for kbd-1.08 (add 'setfont' parameter for select console)

[Comment 5 Genady Okrain 2003-09-10 21:41:21 UTC]

humm nice work
but the same problem with 'loadkeys'

[Comment 6 Genady Okrain 2003-09-10 21:46:12 UTC]

Created attachment 17476 [details]
new consolefont init script (with kbd patch)

[Comment 7 Genady Okrain 2003-09-10 21:59:48 UTC]

ok after 2nd test
loadkeys work good


not i got consolefont to work good in 2.6.0 too !

[Comment 8 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-11-01 14:02:33 UTC]

Created attachment 20074 [details]
/etc/init.d/consolefont

I missed this one, as it was busy time at work, sorry.	Anyhow, latest unstable
kbd should have a patch, and this is official /etc/init.d/consolefont.	More
info about the patch (from RH):

  bug #32279

[Comment 9 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-11-01 14:03:14 UTC]

This script will be in next baselayout.

[Comment 10 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-11-01 14:03:33 UTC]

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[Comment 11 Yuri Enshin 2003-11-01 14:42:39 UTC]

This patch don't solve 100% of problems with font loading. Without patching
2.6 kernel unicode map can't be loaded for right condole. Instead of specified
by -tty param, unimap always loaded to foreground console. This a) make font
mapping incorrect on specified console and b) destroy current (correct) font
mapping on foreground console, if loaded font different from current on fg
console.

[Comment 12 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-11-01 15:47:36 UTC]

Created attachment 20084 [details, diff]
2.6.0-test9-bk5-IO_UNIMAP-current-con.patch

Have you reported this to LKML yet ?  Below patch might fix it, but I am
not
sure on if both PIO_UNIMAP and GIO_UNIMAP should work on current fd ...