* Florian v. Savigny (lor...@fsavigny.de) [27.02.09 18:30]: > > Dear listmates, > > (I did try to use a more specific mailing list, and tried > gentoo-admin, but it seems there's nobody around.) > > I recently updated my kernel from 2.6.17 to 2.6.27, and it seems that > the new kernel causes the encoding of the console to behave weird: > > I used to use the default Unix encoding, i.e. iso-8859-1, because this > was fine for German (now I want to stick to it because I have so much > legacy material in that encoding). Now, when I type a string with > Non-ASCII characters on the commandline, it looks normal, but when I > redirect this to a file, the file command identifies the contents of > that file (correctly, it seems to me) as UTF-8. When I boot the old > kernel (which I kept), the same procedure results in a file identified > as iso-8859-1 (and with accordingly fewer bytes). Here are the > contents (the same sentence): > > Kernel 2.6.17: > > "Ich kann es au��erdem nicht ��ndern" > > Kernel 2.6.27: > > "Ich kann es außerdem nicht ändern" > > I grepped the .config files for any options that might have a bearing > on this. The only difference I found was in the first of these four > lines: > > linux-2.6.17: > > # CONFIG_NLS_ASCII is not set > CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y > CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=y > CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y > > linux-2.6.27 > > CONFIG_NLS_ASCII=y > CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y > CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=y > CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y > > So I set $CONFIG_NLS_ASCII differently for the new kernel. But as far > as I understand, these refer to the handling of file names (it's in > the section "file systems"), and only specify what is supported, so I > don't see how this could have an effect on console encoding. > > The only thing I am dead sure about is that the kernel itself must be > the culprit, because when I boot the old kernel, this behaviour goes > away. There is absolutely no change in the system otherwise. (The > $UNICODE variable in /etc/rc.conf is set to "no".) > > Can anyone give me a hint where to look what I have messed up? Emacs, > which I sometimes like to use on the console, is particularly > uncomfortable with this, and I seem to write confusing e-mails. > > Many thanks in advance for any hint, > > Florian > >
Genrally speaking: switch to utf-8! There are many tools which can convert your files automatically. To your issue: Well, there still is /etc/conf.d/consolefont which could mess up things. Or the locales... But the different bahavior of the two kernels is strange... Is CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT different of the two kernels? Maybe it's also related to the kernel build in keymap... Maybe you should try the gentoo-user-de list, maybe there is someone whon ran into the same problem... HTH Sebastian -- " Religion ist das Opium des Volkes. " Karl Marx s...@sti@N GÜNTHER mailto:sam...@guenther-roetgen.de
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