Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable

From	Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable
Date	2025-12-21 08:00 +0100
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2025 at 11:05:18PM +0100, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 5.10.247-1
> Severity: important
> X-Debbugs-Cc: tg@mirbsd.de
> 
> After an upgrade from 5.10.0-36 to -37, the virtual consoles
> 2-12 are unusable: they merely show a screenful of the old
> currency sign (which seems to be the replacement character
> for some reason, but I believe it’s U+00A4), and when I enter
> text, it mostly stays like that, except for one space that
> moves around the screen and a lowercase x that appears near
> the beginning of a line.
> 
> Virtual console 1 is fully usable.

Please see
https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2025/12/msg00211.html .

If you can do the bisect mentioned that would help identifying the
problem.

Regards,
Salvatore

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Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-12-21 08:00 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles  2-12 unusable "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-12-21 08:00 +0100
  Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-12-21 09:10 +0100
  Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2025-12-21 17:40 +0100
    Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-12-26 18:40 +0100
      Processed: Re: Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles  2-12 unusable "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-12-26 18:40 +0100
      Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable William Burrow <wbkernel@gmail.com> - 2025-12-26 20:30 +0100
        Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable William Burrow <wbkernel@gmail.com> - 2025-12-27 03:10 +0100
          Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable William Burrow <wbkernel@gmail.com> - 2025-12-27 03:30 +0100
        Bug#1123750: [5.10] regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-01-02 17:30 +0100
          Bug#1123750: [5.10] regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2026-01-08 14:40 +0100
            Bug#1123750: [5.10] regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2026-01-28 15:30 +0100
      Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable Thorsten Glaser <tg@debian.org> - 2025-12-26 23:10 +0100
      Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable Thorsten Glaser <tg@debian.org> - 2025-12-26 23:10 +0100

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