/dev/vcs* devices can't position the cursor to coordinates >= 128. The
patch should probably be applied to 2.0, 2.2 and 2.3 kernels. (Patch
tested on 2.2.9, but 2.0.35 in redhat 5.2 has the same problem).
--- cut-here
--- linux/drivers/char/console.c.old Thu May 13 18:21:11 1999
+++ linux/drivers/char/console.c Thu May 13 18:20:57 1999
@@ -2784,7 +2784,7 @@
void putconsxy(int currcons, char *p)
{
- gotoxy(currcons, p[0], p[1]);
+ gotoxy(currcons, (unsigned char)p[0], (unsigned char)p[1]);
set_cursor(currcons);
}
--- cut-here
Thanks to Martin Frydl for spotting the bug.
MArk
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