From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Paul LeoNerd Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix to virtual terminal UTF-8 mode handling
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 19:58:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050517195848.4a09318d.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050518030513.7fe55ef1@nim.leo>
Paul LeoNerd Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> wrote:
>
> This patch fixes a bug in the virtual terminal driver, whereby the UTF-8
> mode is reset to "off" following a console reset, such as might be
> delivered by mingetty, screen, vim, etc...
Is it a bug? What did earlier kernels do? 2.4.x?
> Rather than resetting to hardcoded "0", it gets reset on or off, as
> determined by a new sysctl located in /proc/tty/vt/default_utf8_mode.
> This patch is best accompanied with an addition of the following line to
> the system's init scripts:
>
> echo 1 >/proc/tty/vt/default_utf8_mode
>
> Following this, all resets to the console will leave it with UTF-8 mode
> on.
>
> The default behaviour of this sysctl is as before, without the patch.
> Namely, UTF-8 mode is switched off on reset. [I.e applying this patch
> does not affect default behaviour].
Presumably userspace knows what mode the user wants the terminal to be
using. Shouldn't userspace be resetting that mode after a reset?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-18 3:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-18 2:05 Paul LeoNerd Evans
2005-05-18 2:15 ` Paul LeoNerd Evans
2005-05-18 2:58 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2005-05-18 3:10 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-05-18 11:10 ` Paul LeoNerd Evans
2005-05-18 11:04 ` Paul LeoNerd Evans
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