[Bug 1083093] Re: Character encoding issues on TTYs when Nvidia driver is installed

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Character encoding issues on TTYs when Nvidia driver is installed

Status in “console-setup” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hello,

  if the propritary Nvidia driver is installed, the TTYs show some
  character encoding issues by default.

  Steps to reproduce:
  - Install Raring.
  - Install nvidia-current.
  - Restart and access a TTY via e.g. CTRL + ALT + F1
  - If I try to enter one of the german umlauts (ä, ö ,ü or ß), non-character signs are displayed instead. This also happens if I execute any program that shows text with those umlauts (e.g. executing sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup with a german locale).

  Workaround for Raring:
  - Using the Nouveau driver.
  - Running "sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup". I left the default settings unchanged exept setting a smaller font size. Afterwards umlauts are displayed correctly and this is retained after a reboot.

  In Quantal the situation is worse: If I try to correct anything with
  dpkg-reconfigure console-setup, these changes are lost after a reboot.
  It seems as if they TTYs are completely ignoring the configured
  console settings and falling back to some basic default values for
  font, font size etc. where any more sophisticated characters like
  umlauts are unsupported.

  Kind regards,
  Jan

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: console-setup 1.70ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-3.9-generic 3.7.0-rc6
  Uname: Linux 3.7.0-3-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Nov 26 10:23:29 2012
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-26 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20121126)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: console-setup
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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