[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#637277: kbd: HMC console terminal - black foreground on black background

[Rolf Brudeseth]

Package: kbd
Version: 1.15.2-2
Severity: important



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-powerpc64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages kbd depends on:
ii  console-setup           1.68+squeeze2    console font and keymap setup
prog
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-10        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared
lib
ii  lsb-base                3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init
scrip

Versions of packages kbd recommends:
ii  console-setup              1.68+squeeze2 console font and keymap setup
prog

kbd suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

- From /etc/init.d/kbd:
reset_vga_palette ()
{
    if [ -f /proc/fb ]; then
        # They have a framebuffer device.
        # That means we have work to do...
        echo -n "\e]R"
    fi
}

I rewrote the echo statement above after inspecting it with xxd.

On IBM POWER5/6/7 systems controlled by a Hardware Management Console, the
foreground text color on the HMC Java ASCII console
terminal turns from white to black after the escape sequence above is
issued. Since the background color is black, that renders
the console unusable.

The work around is to close the console and then reopen it.
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