Re: 2.1.115 success!
Michel Catudal (bbcat@netonecom.net)
Sun, 09 Aug 1998 15:51:27 -0400
Niels Kristian Bech Jensen wrote:
.>
.> On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Michel Catudal wrote:
.>
.> > I just booted on this new kernel and it seemed to work well. It
still
.> > has the bug with the locals.
.> >
.> > to get the accents to work under the console I have to reload
lat1.uni
.> >
.> > loadunimap lat1.uni
.> >
.> > I thought that was supposed to be done by the kernel.
.> >
.> > What's the deal here, a bug? or do I need to put this command in
.> > a script from now on?
.> >
.> I reported the same problem to the list a couple of days ago. I have
.> solved it myself. Try this patch:
.>
.> diff -urN linux-2.1.115/drivers/char/console.c
linux/drivers/char/console.c
.> --- linux-2.1.115/drivers/char/console.c Fri Aug 7 16:54:37
1998
.> +++ linux/drivers/char/console.c Sun Aug 9 09:19:35 1998
.> @@ -612,7 +612,6 @@
.> vt_cons[currcons] = NULL;
.> return -ENOMEM;
.> }
.> - con_set_default_unimap(currcons);
.> screenbuf = (unsigned short *) q;
.> kmalloced = 1;
.> screenbuf_size = video_screen_size;
.>
I applied the patch, recompiled and rebooted. I still have to type
loadunimap lat1.uni
to get the accents in the error messages.
On the other hand when I log onto another login it works ok, that
didn't before. The problem is only partially solved.
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