Dave Jones (davej(a)redhat.com) said:
> ... but, the vt is normally in unicode when the kernel oopses,
without issues.
> Does newt/slang set it to a *different* mode?
What I think is happening is the kernel is trying to output text
in the middle of a multi-byte unicode sequence, resulting in garbage.
If that's the case, wouldn't it 'sometimes work' instead of 'always
fail'?
Bill