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

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From Thorsten Glaser <tg@debian.org>
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Subject Bug#1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable
Date Fri, 26 Dec 2025 23:10:01 +0100
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Dixi quod…

>(Given this, I’m not sure console-setup needs to change here, but
>it’s not entirely unlikely that something may wish to use these
>fonts without the unimap, so IMHO the compilation process should
>make sure that the glyphs #33‥#126 should be their ASCII counter‐
>parts, and that either #32 or #0 should be the empty glyph.

Turns out they do, I inspected the generated unimap, and #32‥#126
do correspond to their ASCII equivalents.

>slightly argue in favour of #32 here, which Linux should then make
>its numbered fallback glyph for unimap-less fonts.)

This, then. (So, basically, the “ch = 0x20;” suggestion from Helge,
except only for unimap-less fonts.)

bye,
//mirabilos
-- 
15:39⎜«mika:#grml» mira|AO: "mit XFree86® wär’ das nicht passiert" - muhaha
15:48⎜<thkoehler:#grml> also warum machen die xorg Jungs eigentlich alles
kaputt? :)    15:49⎜<novoid:#grml> thkoehler: weil sie als Kinder nie den
gebauten Turm selber umschmeissen durften?	-- ~/.Xmodmap wonders…

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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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