Ubuntu
console-setup package

Special characters (accented vowels, n tilde, etc.) appear in "highlighted" colors in tty consoles

Bug #159053 reported by Rodolfo Valeiras
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
console-setup (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Rolf Leggewie

Bug Description

Binary package hint: console-setup

Some special characters (n tilde, accented e, i,...) are not displayed in tty consoles. 'sudo /etc/init.d/console-setup restart' or 'sudo setupcon' fix it, but the "new" characters (ñ, é,...) apear "highlighted" (bright white instead normal white, cyan, instead blue, etc.). Tested in Ubuntu 7.10 desktop with Spanish localization. Thanks.

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pubno (publicidadno) wrote :

Same problem for me, finally solved with this:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
sudo dpkg-reconfigure localeconf

Try these commands please

Regards

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Rodolfo Valeiras (rodoval) wrote :

Hi! localeconf is not recognized, but I have solved the problem with this sequence of steps (I think):

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup and changing the font to VGA
sudo setupcon
restart the computer

Thanks for the help.

Regards.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

sounds like a configuration issue. I'm glad you guys were able to fix the issue. Thanks for sharing.

Changed in console-setup (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
status: New → Invalid
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