On 2009-12-23 at 22:01:49 -0500, Dave Witbrodt wrote: > What did the 'console-setup' documentation say about setting fonts? > > Did you at least read the comments in '/etc/default/console-setup'?
I configured the package with dpkg-reconfigure console-setup and there was nothing in the configuration that allowed me to use any legacy fonts. I did not know about the configuration file /etc/default/console-setup. I could not find much in the way of documentation. man console-setup indicated that there was no such man page. apropos console-setup produced no hits. The "Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO" is out-of-date and contains nothing on the console-setup package. The files in /usr/share/doc/console-setup weren't much help either, though I did learn some things there. But you pointed me to the one place that documents how to do it: the comments in /etc/default/console-setup. In that file I changed FONTFACE="VGA" FONTSIZE="14" to FONTFACE="" FONTSIZE="" then I added FONT=lat1u-14.psf.gz (I didn't have to specify the directory: /usr/share/consolefonts.) I made sure that I had kbd installed instead of console-tools, so that the font would only be set once (by console-setup). I used vga=3846 in the boot loader to get the 80x34 text video mode, which requires a 14-point font. That did the trick! I now have my old, familiar, nice-looking lat1u fonts back. Thanks for your help! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
