Package: mingetty
Version: 1.07-1
Severity: normal
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Consoles that have been set into UTF-8 mode are set back into
single-byte mode by mingetty when it runs. You can reproduce it easily:
1/ in a virtual console, run unicode_start as root;
2/ in the same console, run vt-is-UTF8. It will respond that the
console is in UTF-8 mode;
3/ log out of the console and log back in again;
4/ run vt-is-UTF8. It will respond that the console is in single-byte
mode.
The reason for this is that the escape sequence that mingetty uses to
clear the screen has the effect of totally resetting the console. I
have appended a patch that replaces the offending escape sequence with
one that blanks the display, then repositions the cursor in the top
left. With this patch, mingetty leaves the console's UTF-8 setting
alone when it clears the screen.
Best regards,
-Stephen
--
--- mingetty-1.07.orig/mingetty.c 2006-08-05 17:04:20.026156488 +0100
+++ mingetty-1.07/mingetty.c 2006-08-05 17:05:20.640195855 +0100
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
/* Write a reset string to the terminal. This is very linux-specific
and should be checked for other systems. */
if (noclear == 0)
- write (0, "\033c", 2);
+ write (0, "\033[2J\033[H", 7);
sigaction (SIGHUP, &sa_old, NULL);
}
--
Paul Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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