I have double-checked this, and I think it's a kernel problem, not a console-setup one, at least on my system. Maybe it's a vesafb-related issue.
I've recompiled the kernel from the original 2.6.20 source from kernel.org, and the problem suddenly disappeared. I'm reporting this on the opportune package, please everybody who's reading this, write some lines about your hardware. Mine is a Dell Latitude D810 with ATI Radeon Mobile X600 graphic card. -- console is not setup as said in /etc/default/console-setup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/82624 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs