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

[Michael Schutte]

Hi Rolf,

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 12:57:51PM -0500, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
> > I suppose this has to be
> >
> > echo -ne "\e]R"
> 
> No, it is without the '-e' switch in the script. But yes, when I reproduced
> it from the command line the '-e' switch was necessary.

Yup, that’s what Anton was getting at.  The script as shipped uses the
literal ASCII character for ESC and doesn’t need -e, but your version
does because of the escape for escape :-)

> > Is this some special terminal, or the Linux framebuffer works
> > differently on these systems?  If the first, then either some check is
> > required in /etc/init.d/kbd to avoid this echo, or a redirection is
> > required (echo -ne "\e]R" >/dev/somewhere).  If the second, then perhaps
> > this is a bug in the kernel?
> 
> $ grep ^co /etc/inittab
> co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty hvc0 9600 vt100
> 
> I did make the observation that just removing the echo statement eliminated
> the problem.

Other than not blacking out the text, did you notice any other behavior
that occurs/fails to occur when you remove the echo statement?

I actually wonder if this escape sequence, apparently introduced eleven
years ago (#60721) to work around some mild chaos introduced by a
special gimmick in the kernel, is still necessary nowadays.  Anton, do
you know anything about this?

Cheers,
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