On Thu, 2015-05-21 at 11:35 -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 03:28:26PM +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > > Probably something changed the console font, or you didn't > > have console-setup installed before. > > Console-setup was already installed. The problem arose exactly > simultaneously with my installing the firmware-linux > metapackage. 'dpkg -r'ing the firmware-linux-free and -nonfree > packages fixed the problem.
Oh, I see. I think what happens is Kernel Mode Setting. With the proper firmware for your graphics card the kernel sets the console resolution to the resolution of your monitor. You can try setting a larger text size in console-setup, or setting a different resolution: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_mode_setting You might also want to disable KMS if it bothers you, but it might result in problems running X. It's probably a good idea to have the firmware packages installed, I think these are used to handle throttling to make sure it doesn't overheat. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
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