diff -ru linux-2.6.11-orig/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c linux-2.6.11/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
--- linux-2.6.11-orig/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c	2005-04-08 23:52:59.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.11/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c	2005-04-14 14:54:29.000000000 -0400
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@
 	c->vc_scan_lines = vga_scan_lines;
 	c->vc_font.height = vga_video_font_height;
 	c->vc_complement_mask = 0x7700;
+	if (vga_512_chars)
+		c->vc_hi_font_mask = 0x0800;
 	p = *c->vc_uni_pagedir_loc;
 	if (c->vc_uni_pagedir_loc == &c->vc_uni_pagedir ||
 	    !--c->vc_uni_pagedir_loc[1])