Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:55:06 +0100 (CET) From: Florian Schrack <florian.schrack@freenet.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/32480: Missing graphic characters in syscons font iso15-thin-8x16 Message-ID: <200112032155.fB3Lt6T01393@ramanujan.dyndns.org>
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>Number: 32480 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Missing graphic characters in syscons font iso15-thin-8x16 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 03 14:00:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Florian Schrack >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD ramanujan.dyndns.org 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #12: Wed Nov 28 17:14:11 CET 2001 root@ramanujan.dyndns.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 >Description: The iso15-thin-8x16.fnt distributed with FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE and seemingly also with 5.0-CURRENT does not contain graphic characters. The CVS log entry says they have been there since at least revision 1.1 of the file. Nevertheless I cannot produce them on my screen. >How-To-Repeat: I am loading the font throug /etc/rc.conf, setting the terminal type in /etc/ttys to cons25l1. The German umlauts and the other special characters like the euro symbol work perfectly, but I cannot get the graphic characters to work; in /stand/sysinstall, for example, the borders of the dialog boxes are not drawn. I suppose my configuration is OK, because when I use the font iso15-8x16 instead, all characters (including the graphic characters) show up correctly. >Fix: A workaround for the problem is to set the terminal type to cons25w, which tells the applications to simulate the graphic characters with non-graphic ones. But this does not solve the real problem. However, a solution must be possible, because the iso15-8x16 font, which apparently uses the same encoding as the iso15-thin-8x16 font, already does things correctly. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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