3 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lang.csh b/lang.csh
index 316de43e..333463f7 100755
--- a/lang.csh
+++ b/lang.csh
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ if ($sourced == 1) then
 		    if ( "$TERM" == "linux" ) then
 			if ( `/sbin/consoletype` == "vt" ) then
 			    if ( -x /bin/unicode_start ) then
-			      if ( $?SYSFONT ) then
-			        if ( $?SYSFONTACM ) then
-			          unicode_start $SYSFONT $SYSFONTACM
-			        else
-			          unicode_start $SYSFONT
+			      if { /sbin/consoletype fg } then
+			        if ( $?SYSFONT ) then
+			          if ( $?SYSFONTACM ) then
+			            unicode_start $SYSFONT $SYSFONTACM
+			          else
+			            unicode_start $SYSFONT
+			          endif
 			        endif
 			      endif
 			    endif
diff --git a/lang.sh b/lang.sh
index dd16e59d..94a3f296 100755
--- a/lang.sh
+++ b/lang.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if [ "$sourced" = 1 ]; then
       case $LANG in
     	*.utf8*|*.UTF-8*)
     	if [ "$TERM" = "linux" -a "`/sbin/consoletype`" = "vt" ]; then
-		[ -x /bin/unicode_start ] && unicode_start $SYSFONT $SYSFONTACM
+		[ -x /bin/unicode_start ] && /sbin/consoletype fg && unicode_start $SYSFONT $SYSFONTACM
         fi
 	;;
       esac
diff --git a/setsysfont b/setsysfont
index 828833c6..bcebb719 100755
--- a/setsysfont
+++ b/setsysfont
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fi
 
 case "$LANG" in
     *.utf8|*.UTF-8)
-         if [ -x /bin/unicode_start ]; then
+         if [ -x /bin/unicode_start ] && /sbin/consoletype fg ; then
       	    exec unicode_start $SYSFONT $SYSFONTACM
 	 fi
 	 ;;