On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:45:08 +0930, Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 01:41:13PM +0200, Marcin Michal Jessa wrote:
>>
>> in the kernel config thinking this was connected with the curses code
>> for displaying console text.
>>
> 
> No - as Martin said, curses is purely userland, nothing to do with the
> kernel.

Yes, I got it the first time.
I just tried to explain the reason for my initial assumption.

My main question still remains unanswered : any idea what causes the console to look so strange, what 
changes in the 4.99.20 kernel could affect the way console output is printed?


Marcin.