On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 04:36:49PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-08-04 15:57 +0200, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > After installing linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 the console fonts are so > > small I must use reading glasses to make them out. I have experimented > > with the consolechars -H 16 -d command but this just makes the characters > > brighter. > > > > I assume the problem may be the setting of the monitor resolution. > > This is now done by the kernel for both Nvidia and Radeon cards, yes. > It uses the native resolution of your display which gives you a sharp > picture but also a small font by default. > > > The > > monitor is 23" LCD monitor capable of 1920x1080 resolution. Indeed, the > > small font is very sharp when viewed with my reading glasses but I wish > > it was twice as large so I would not have to bother with the glases. > > This should be easy to fix, fortunately. > > > On the other hand, the font sizes and resolution in X windows is fine as > > it is. > > > > Is there a way change the console font size without changing the X > > windows resolution? > > Make sure you have the console-setup and kbd packages installed and use > > # dpkg-reconfigure console-setup > > to choose a console font that suits your taste; it will be set up on > each boot. You can also use the setfont utility to change the font > temporarily. Fonts are in the /usr/share/consolefonts directory. > > Sven > I followed these instructions chosing the Terminus font and a character height of 32 and then rebooted. The boot screen and initial scripts were easy to read, actually larger than I need BUT
About half way through the boot up the scripts changed back to the tiny fonts. There was a line saying consolechars can only load fonts with a height of 16, try installing setfont. Apt-get search found setfont in kbd-compat but apt-get install reported that the latest version of kbd-compat was already installed. What now? Tom > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ocdila0u....@turtle.gmx.de > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100805135953.ga2...@tomgeorge.info
