Console is utf-8 by default
PATCH 1/1 Console is utf-8 by default
The console is now by default in UTF-8 mode.
Also fix the needed "vt." prefix.
Signed-off-by Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
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This documentation fix really deserves going into 2.6.24, else we'll probably get a lot of bug reports like
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9319
(not that we won't have any...). Maybe that should even be announced in a more highlighted place?
kernel-parameters.txt +7 -6
@@ -527,29 +527,30 @@ Format: <area>[,<node>] See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. - default_blu= [VT] + vt.default_blu= [VT] Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15> Change the default blue palette of the console. This is a 16-member array composed of values ranging from 0-255. - default_grn= [VT] + vt.default_grn= [VT] Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15> Change the default green palette of the console. This is a 16-member array composed of values ranging from 0-255. - default_red= [VT] + vt.default_red= [VT] Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15> Change the default red palette of the console. This is a 16-member array composed of values ranging from 0-255. - default_utf8= [VT] + vt.default_utf8= + [VT] Format=<0|1> Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's. - Default is 0 and by setting to 1, it enables UTF-8 - mode for all newly opened or allocated terminals. + Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all + newly opened terminals. dhash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.