Gpm fills my syslog.

Hi. I'm having trouble with gpm filling my syslog with annoying messages like: Mar 21 17:59:24 e316 gpm[3255]: Error in protocol Mar 21 17:59:53 e316 last message repeated 558 times Mar 21 17:59:54 e316 gpm[3260]: Error in protocol Mar 21 17:59:54 e316 last message repeated 17 times Mar

eight_bit console

Hello. I'm using Debain Linux and do most of my work in console mode. I use us keymap and i wonder what i have to do to be able to write eight_bit characters. In X alt is bound to meta and that works just fine, but in console-mode holding in alt while writing seems to have no effe