On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I still think my suggestion of checking every key will identify if
> any of the keys are being garbled in the kernel, and therefore if
> this is a kernel _input_ problem.
>
> But here is an alternative train of thought :
>
> When you trigger the garbage, is it really there, or only in the
> screen output ? Start a command with '#' so that it is treated as a
> comment, type, do whatever you need to so that the spurious garbage
> appears, then press enter. And make a written note of exactly what
> you typed, and a guide to what appeared and where it was on the
> line, so that you can repeat the test.
1. Typed:
# kkkkk kkkkkk
2. Then deleted 2 speces between kkk-s with BS
3. white blocks appeared on the same line till the end of the screen
> Then key enter again : does the garbage scroll up, so that the
> current line is empty apart from the prompt ?
It does scroll up
> Then key the up-arrow once to see the last line of history - is the
> garbage there in the history ?
No, it's not there (not in bash history)
> If the garbage is only on the screen then I guess it _is_ a kernel
> problem, but in the _video_ driver (i915 I suppose, but maybe you
> compiled in vga).
I will rebuild kernel
> Your LatArCyrHeb font has two, possibly three, characters which
> match a "white square". If you manage to prove that it is a kernel
> video problem, can you please "loadkeys LatGrkCyr-8x16" and repeat
> the test. I'm guessing you will get a capital T with a comma below
> it (either U+021A or, in that font, U+0162), or a capital U with an
> acute accent (U+00DA), or else a capital U with a breve (U+016C).
> Knowing what appears might be useful if this is a bug in a video
> driver. I'll attach the text listing of that font - I'm guessing it
> is one of character positions 210, 212, or 216.
Do you mean setfont instead of loadkeys? Screen font changed, but
white block is still the same while using LatGrkCyr-8x16.
If I select viscii10-8x16 I can see blinking white letter U with diacritics on
a grey background. It is a last letter in showconsolefont.
If Iset lat1-16 I see "y" (U+00FF)
> If it is a video-driver problem, please attach the relevant part of
> your kernel config
I will recompile with:
Graphics support --->
<*> Intel GMA5/600 KMS Framebuffer
[*] Intel GMA3600/3650 support (Experimental)
> And, which kernel is this ?
I'm going to build a latest stable from kernel.org 3.10.22
/alexey
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