diff -Nur kbd-1.12-13/src/unicode_start kbd-1.12-14/src/unicode_start
--- kbd-1.12-13/src/unicode_start	2004-02-27 17:22:32.000000000 +0100
+++ kbd-1.12-14/src/unicode_start	2004-02-27 17:24:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Enables Unicode processing in the current console.
-#
+
+# 0. Check whether we're on a console
+TTY=`/usr/bin/tty`
+case $TTY in
+	/dev/console|/dev/tty[0-9]*)
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "unicode_start skipped on $TTY"
+		exit 0
+		;;
+esac
+
 # 1. The input side: the keyboard driver.
 
 # Set the keyboard driver in Unicode mode. (Default is ASCII mode.)
diff -Nur kbd-1.12-13/src/unicode_stop kbd-1.12-14/src/unicode_stop
--- kbd-1.12-13/src/unicode_stop	2004-02-27 17:22:32.000000000 +0100
+++ kbd-1.12-14/src/unicode_stop	2004-02-27 17:24:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # stop unicode
+TTY=`/usr/bin/tty`
+case $TTY in
+	/dev/console|/dev/tty[0-9]*)
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "unicode_stop skipped on $TTY"
+		exit 0
+		;;
+esac
 kbd_mode -a
 echo -n -e '\033%@'