Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-06-04 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Cyril Brulebois, le jeu. 01 juin 2023 21:12:18 +0200, a ecrit: > Do we have other ttys than just tty1 that people might want to switch > to, and that might benefit from a similar adjustment? This script is actually not used for the other consoles, so it has never had any effect on them on

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-06-04 Thread Samuel Thibault
Emanuele Rocca, le jeu. 01 juin 2023 15:11:53 +0200, a ecrit: > On 2023-05-31 05:46, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > I'd rather see a patch like > > > > if [ "$TERM" = vt102 -a `tty` = /dev/tty1 ] ; then > > # Busybox's init uses a global TERM across all consoles. > > # If the serial

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-06-01 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi everyone, Thanks for tracking down why the strange vt102 thing happens, and why it mostly happens/was mostly reported on arm64 hardware… The patch below (or further variations should there be any) looks mergeable to me. Emanuele Rocca (2023-06-01): > On 2023-05-31 05:46, Samuel Thibault

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-06-01 Thread Alper Nebi Yasak
On 01/06/2023 16:27, Emanuele Rocca wrote: > Hi again, > > On 2023-05-31 05:46, Samuel Thibault wrote: >> The problem is that both are frown-prone. I guess there is a reason why >> on arm the default console is set to the serial port, e.g. for simpler >> debugging or something like that. > >

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-06-01 Thread Emanuele Rocca
Hi again, On 2023-05-31 05:46, Samuel Thibault wrote: > The problem is that both are frown-prone. I guess there is a reason why > on arm the default console is set to the serial port, e.g. for simpler > debugging or something like that. Also worth mentioning: there is no bug on real hardware

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-06-01 Thread Emanuele Rocca
Hi, On 2023-05-31 05:46, Samuel Thibault wrote: > I'd rather see a patch like > > if [ "$TERM" = vt102 -a `tty` = /dev/tty1 ] ; then > # Busybox's init uses a global TERM across all consoles. > # If the serial console is the default such as on arm64, that > # will force

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-05-31 Thread Samuel Thibault
Emanuele Rocca, le mer. 31 mai 2023 17:29:31 +0200, a ecrit: > > 1. Why is aarch64 special here? > > 2. Where does that difference come from? > > According to Jessica Clarke this is due to busybox using vt102: > https://society.oftrolls.com/@jrtc27@mastodon.social/110459684352427882 Is it

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-05-31 Thread Emanuele Rocca
Hi, On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 09:08:45PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Philip Hands (2023-05-30): > > Apparently, this MR fixes the problem: > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/rootskel/-/merge_requests/8 > > > > Although this does prompt the question of why aarch64 has TERM set

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-05-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le mar. 30 mai 2023 21:21:51 +0200, a ecrit: > Samuel Thibault, le mar. 30 mai 2023 21:16:46 +0200, a ecrit: > > I'm wondering what kind of console aarch64 is using: is that the Linux > > virtual Terminal on an fbdev, or a ttyS console? Something else? The > > kernel boot logs

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-05-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le mar. 30 mai 2023 21:16:46 +0200, a ecrit: > I'm wondering what kind of console aarch64 is using: is that the Linux > virtual Terminal on an fbdev, or a ttyS console? Something else? The > kernel boot logs could be useful to determine that. Ah,

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-05-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Cyril Brulebois, le mar. 30 mai 2023 21:08:45 +0200, a ecrit: > Philip Hands (2023-05-30): > > Apparently, this MR fixes the problem: > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/rootskel/-/merge_requests/8 > > > > Although this does prompt the question of why aarch64 has TERM set

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-05-30 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, Philip Hands (2023-05-30): > Apparently, this MR fixes the problem: > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/rootskel/-/merge_requests/8 > > Although this does prompt the question of why aarch64 has TERM set to > 'vt102' at this point, rather than 'linux'. Glancing at the merge

Bug#1036952: rootskel: text installs on aarch64 lack glyphs for many languages

2023-05-30 Thread Philip Hands
Package: rootskel Version: 1.135 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi, One can see the symptoms by looking here: https://openqa.debian.net/tests/151286 the orange "Soft Failed" boxes highlight some of the failing screens, where the failure can be seen in the screenshot immediately preceeding the