Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 05:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/10715: Console font loading problem at boot time Message-ID: <199903221300.FAA91561@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/10715; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: adam@whizkidtech.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/10715: Console font loading problem at boot time Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:48:40 +0900 This sounds suspiciously like the characters being used by the mouse code. Do you have mouse enabled? adam@whizkidtech.net wrote: > > >Number: 10715 > >Category: conf > >Synopsis: Console font loading problem at boot time > >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: Sun Mar 21 15:20:00 PST 1999 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: G. Adam Stanislav > >Release: 3.1-RELEASE #0 > >Organization: > Whiz Kid Technomagic > >Environment: > FreeBSD dunaj.whizkidtech.net 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 15 11:08:08 GMT 1999 jkh@usw3.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 > > >Description: > When rc.conf contains screen fonts to be loaded, it loads them improperly. I noticed it when I developed a Central-European key map, and type characters number 208, 209, and 211 (0-based). The screen font is loaded, and everything shows up properly, except those three characters. I have to manually reload the font with vidcontrol -f 8x16 iso02-8x16.fnt . After that, I can see all characters properly. > >How-To-Repeat: > Place iso02-8x16 in your rc.conf as your default 8x16 console font. Reboot. Type Alt-208, Alt-209, Alt-211 using your numeric keypad. You will either get a blank space, a wrong character or complete junk. Run vidcontrol -f 8x16 iso02-8x16.fnt, then type those characters again. This time, they will appear on your screen properly. (This is using a local console, I have not tried it remotely -- I am not equiped for that). > >Fix: > As an internim fix, I use vidcontrol to load the font manually after booting. Incidentally, I tried to use vidcontrol from a start-up script, and it did not work... I have to do it manually after booting and logging on. > > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "What happened?" "It moved, sir!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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