Re: Linux hostile to poverty

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 14:59:49 +0100 (BST)

> (2) 2.1.108 introduced a "feature" whereby the underline bit is turned
> on for any character written to screen on a monochrome adapter. It's
> not a pretty sight! 2.1.109 hasn't fixed this.

It is doing that to my Hercules card as well. The attribute handling code
for the console is a bit screwed up for mono cards.

Alan

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