Re: keyboard configuration doesn't works after SID upgrade

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2013-07-14 20:49 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:

> Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> On 2013-07-14 19:52 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>>
>> What does "setupcon -v" print?
>
> It prints the followings:
> Configuring /dev/tty1 /dev/tty2 /dev/tty3 /dev/tty4 /dev/tty5 /dev/tty6
> The charmap is UTF-8
> BackSpace is ^?
> Executing utf_start /dev/tty1.
> Configuring /dev/tty1 in Unicode mode.
> Executing utf_start /dev/tty2.
> Configuring /dev/tty2 in Unicode mode.
> Executing utf_start /dev/tty3.
> Configuring /dev/tty3 in Unicode mode.
> Executing utf_start /dev/tty4.
> Configuring /dev/tty4 in Unicode mode.
> Executing utf_start /dev/tty5.
> Configuring /dev/tty5 in Unicode mode.
> Executing utf_start /dev/tty6.
> Configuring /dev/tty6 in Unicode mode.
> Loading 256-char 14x28 font from file
> /etc/console-setup/Lat2-Terminus28x14.psf.gz
> Loading Unicode mapping table...
> Loading 256-char 14x28 font from file
> /etc/console-setup/Lat2-Terminus28x14.psf.gz
> Loading Unicode mapping table...
> Loading 256-char 14x28 font from file
> /etc/console-setup/Lat2-Terminus28x14.psf.gz
> Loading Unicode mapping table...
> Loading 256-char 14x28 font from file
> /etc/console-setup/Lat2-Terminus28x14.psf.gz
> Loading Unicode mapping table...
> Loading 256-char 14x28 font from file
> /etc/console-setup/Lat2-Terminus28x14.psf.gz
> Loading Unicode mapping table...
> Loading 256-char 14x28 font from file
> /etc/console-setup/Lat2-Terminus28x14.psf.gz
> Loading Unicode mapping table...
> For /dev/tty1:
> Executing kbd_mode -u.
> For /dev/tty2:
> Executing kbd_mode -u.
> For /dev/tty3:
> Executing kbd_mode -u.
> For /dev/tty4:
> Executing kbd_mode -u.
> For /dev/tty5:
> Executing kbd_mode -u.
> For /dev/tty6:
> Executing kbd_mode -u.

This looks all fine to me.

> Loading /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz

Maybe this file has been corrupted somehow?

>> There was a console-setup upload yesterday, but the changelog looks
>> rather innocouos:
>>
>
> Indeed, it's innocuous.

The postinst does rewrite /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz
however, which might explain the problem.  Does it help to move that
file out of the way and recreate it with "setupcon --save"?

Cheers,
       Sven