From: Chris Heath Here's a column counting bug that was lurking in a corner of n_tty.c. drivers/char/n_tty.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/char/n_tty.c~n_tty-column-counting-fix drivers/char/n_tty.c --- 25/drivers/char/n_tty.c~n_tty-column-counting-fix 2003-06-22 11:08:18.000000000 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/char/n_tty.c 2003-06-22 11:08:18.000000000 -0700 @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static inline void finish_erasing(struct { if (tty->erasing) { put_char('/', tty); - tty->column += 2; + tty->column++; tty->erasing = 0; } } _