On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 12:52:30AM +0330, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> > Console utf-8 mode is the only one specific to each tty, the others 
> > (font, keymap, keyboard mode) are not set for all ttys, then the only 
> > thing you need to set for each one is just ESC%G, you can also put one 
> > in your command prompt (in /etc/bashrc, /etc/csh.cshrc, ...), because 
> > applications may alter console mode.
> 
> Well, I do know that with framebuffer the font at least does have to
> be set for each tty, and doing it once doesn't work. That's why I
> mentioned that I was using the framebuffer. I believe this is not true
> for keymap at least. What would probably be the best thing for me to do
> is put the following in my ~/.bash_profile or in /etc/profile:

Ok, I didn't know this just because I don't use framebuffer :-).

> if [ test to see if I'm on the console ]; then
>   unicode_start
> fi
> 
> And something in the equivalent logout file to undo it. Can anyone
> suggest the most appropriate test, and also the proper way to deal with
> incoming ssh connections, which I make quite frequently?

The best is to see if the output is going to tty or not, you can check 
your terminal with 'tty' command.

> ... 
> Nope. You're thinking Red Hat, not Debian. /etc/init.d/keymap.sh sets
> the keymap, and /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh sets the font. I don't
> want to modify the system-provided scripts, so that upgrades of the
> package that provides those files won't force me to merge the
> differences by hand, when it's not strictly necessary. Therefore I can
> add my own init.d script. Also, /sbin is for Debian to manage - I would
> put local scripts of that nature in /usr/local/sbin (or I might package
> them as Debian packages ... not so unlikely actually).

Ok, I was thinking to make redhat 8.0 do that ;-), and debian's next 
release, ...

> - Jimmy Kaplowitz
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Behdad
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