Re: [Ltib] a's in integer output

[Tobias Simon]

Hello Stuart,

I did:
# df > /tmp/test
# vi /tmp/test
and get the same results.

Thanks for help,
Tobi

Am Dienstag, 23. Januar 2007 09:47 schrieben Sie:
> Hi Tobi,
>
> I asked someone with with a mcf547x_8x to try this out and here's what
> they said:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> I tried this and haven't seen the problem.
>
> Also can he try to redirect the output into a temporary file then
> edit the file.  Then we could narrow it down to a smaller set of
> possibilities:
>
> # cat /proc/cpuinfo > /tmp/test
> # vi /tmp/test
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Regards, Stuart
>
> On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 15:42 +0000, Stuart Hughes wrote:
> > Hi Tobi,
> >
> > It does look like maybe it's a kernel bug?  Which platform are you on,
> > the Coldfire+MMU? (e.g. kernel-2.6.10-COBRA5475)?
> >
> > I don't have one of those to test on, but once I've got my PowerPC
> > running again I'll let you know what I see on that FWIW.
> >
> > Regards, Stuart
> >
> > On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 16:19 +0100, Tobias Simon wrote:
> > > Hello Stuart,
> > >
> > > Here's what I see:
> > >
> > > Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> > > /dev/root                28416      7656     1a75a  27% /
> > > rwfs                       512        32       47a   6% /mnt/rwfs
> > > rwfs                       512        32       47a   6% /tmp
> > > rwfs                       512        32       47a   6% /var
> > > shm                      63a64         0     63a64   0% /dev/shm
> > >
> > > There are a lot of 'a's, but only in the column "Available".
> > > Setting the Locale has no effect.
> > >
> > > I am using Minicom, too. It also appears using SSH with dropbear.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Tobi
> > >
> > > Am Montag, 22. Januar 2007 16:13 schrieben Sie:
> > > > Hi Tobi,
> > > >
> > > > I've not seen that.  What terminal emulator are you using?  I use
> > > > minicom.
> > > >
> > > > Also it sounds as though it may be related to your locale (possibly).
> > > > Can you try for test purposes to do (on your host before starting
> > > > minicom):
> > > >
> > > > $ export LANG=en_GB
> > > >
> > > > and see if this makes any difference.
> > > >
> > > > Regards, Stuart
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 15:54 +0100, Tobias Simon wrote:
> > > > > Hello List,
> > > > >
> > > > > did anybody encounter the following problem?:
> > > > > In some outputs ("cat /proc/cpuinfo", "df", ...) I see some "a"
> > > > > characters written over normal digits when printing an integer
> > > > > value. Things like "1a47" appear on the screen.
> > > > >
> > > > > I use a MCF5475 and the 2.6.10-Kernel with Freescale patches. The
> > > > > Problem appears on both, serial console and SSH so the Serial
> > > > > Driver seems to be OK.
> > > > >
> > > > > It may be a Problem with Busybox. My own Programs print the
> > > > > Integers correct - it's very weird!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Tobi
> >
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