On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 07:50:52PM -0400, Dave Witbrodt wrote: > Through a bizarre series circumstances and experiments, I found that the > kernel font "10x18" gave me the best compromise between size and amount > of info that fits on one screen. Since I compile my own kernels, I have > been in the habit of only using that "10x18" font by setting > > CONFIG_FONT_10x18=y > > when running 'make menuconfig'. > > The 'console-tools' package had the nasty habit of loading a software > font during the Debian boot process, but it also gave me an out: leaving > the "SCREEN_FONT" setting in /etc/console-tools/config undefined would > prevent the kernel font from being replaced by a software font during > Debian's startup process. > > Now, this is not an earth-shattering problem -- and I decided not to > file a bug report since I am most likely the only individual on the > planet to even notice this situation -- but can any of the > 'console-setup' maintainers tell me whether it is possible to prevent > 'console-setup' from replacing the Linux kernel "10x18" font, but still > set up the keymaps according to the purpose of the package?
I've committed a change to console-setup to let you leave FONTFACE, FONTSIZE, and FONT all unset to achieve this effect: http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/d-i/trunk/packages/console-setup/setupcon?r1=57747&r2=58421&pathrev=58421&diff_format=u Please test. Thanks, -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@debian.org] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
