On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:34:51PM +0100, J. Wuttke wrote: > New Debian installation (netinstall 4.0 beta as of 17jan07, X11 from > today's mirror image) on a Lenovo T60 laptop.
Welcome. > X11 works fine. Good, that is normally the trickier part to get right. > <alt><ctrl><F1> brings me to a console which is in an anomalous state: > everything is printed in HUGE CHARACTERS, and it does not scroll. > > <alt><ctrl><F7> brings me back to X11 which is still working fine. That should be <alt><F7> for console --> X > The console problem is reproducible. > > It does not depend on the window manager (occurs with xdm as well as with > gdm). xdm and gdm are not window managers and are unrelated to the console. What is in /etc/console-tools/config? e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives# less /etc/console-tools/config After # Turn on numlock by default #LEDS=+num try adding APP_CHARSET_MAP=iso15 APP_CHARSET_MAP_vc1=iso15 SCREEN_FONT=lat0-sun16 There are other fonts to try in: /usr/share/consolefonts/ You may have to 'apt-get install console-tools' first. You may also think about subscribing to the debian-laptop mailing list. -- Chris. ====== " ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness." Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
