Hello,

I got a console program which works, except... it doesn't switch to the alternate character set. The G0 and G1 stuff doesn't work and <ESC> ( and similars neither. Ncurses is able to do but I can't find out how in the source code. Using ncurses is bad : too many crashes. Could it be possible to blame the graphical card? Could it be the kernel (=2.6.13-15.12)? Could it be the hardware? Any idea how to make the switch?

Thanks all

Ronald

What is the program?
What does G0 and G1 stuff mean?

Try to remove and reinstall ncurses. If that doesn't help try to upgrade.

hello,

Well, it was some self-written stuff to draw lines on a screen using the line-piece chars which are in the alternate charset. Switching of the charset is done with ^n and ^o or with <ESC> ( and similars. I tried to put them in printf() (not guaranteed to work) or in putchar(). What do you think about? Is there a better method? By the way, chars above 0x80h don't print either (even above 0xa0h). Did I forget something? What about the nVidia driver (mandatory/indifferent/forbidden)?

Thanks in advance,

Greetings,

Ronald