temporarily with Grub2 using the e key at its menu.
I don't find anything objectionable to using reduced resolution in fullscreen
framebuffers, so this simplicity works well compared to finding, selecting and
installing a different console font, and having to do it all over again when I
use an
On 07/12/2018 07:33 PM, davidson wrote:
The point too is the font is very small on these Acer Swift when
nothing is installed, and as I am a bit old I have difficults to see
characters...
Have you tried experimenting with different font faces?
# dkpg-reconfigure console-setup
Different face
key at its menu.
I don't find anything objectionable to using reduced resolution in fullscreen
framebuffers, so this simplicity works well compared to finding, selecting and
installing a different console font, and having to do it all over again when I
use another PC or display. In fact, I'
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, Pierre Couderc wrote:
On 07/12/2018 11:45 AM, Brian wrote:
On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 23:53:59 +0200, Pierre Couderc wrote:
On 07/11/2018 03:14 PM, Curt wrote:
On 2018-07-11, Pierre Couderc wrote:
[trimmed material]
Now, I have to understand why it says me :
Malformed lin
Anil Duggirala:
Actually, the error says. "Failed to start Set console font and keymap".
That is the description of a service. Read the journal with systemctl
status and journalctl to see what has been logged about why it has failed.
On 2018-02-16, Anil Duggirala wrote:
> All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard file. I
> am now getting a "failed to set console font and keymap" message at
> bootup. The default keymap appears to have been changed, and everythin
> I tried "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration", choosing UK Int
> w/dead keys. I am still getting the same error. I had also before,
> tried setting the layout with the Gnome tool. My layout is working
> perfectly, but I keep getting the same error, "failed to se
error. I had also before,
tried setting the layout with the Gnome tool. My layout is working
perfectly, but I keep getting the same error, "failed to set console
font and keymap" at boot time.
thanks
On Friday 16 February 2018 11:17:22 Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> On 2/16/18, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> > On 2/16/18, Anil Duggirala wrote:
> >> All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard
> >> file. I am now getting a "fa
On 2/16/18, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> On 2/16/18, Anil Duggirala wrote:
>> All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard file. I
>> am now getting a "failed to set console font and keymap" message at
>> bootup. The default
On 2/16/18, Anil Duggirala wrote:
> All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard file. I
> am now getting a "failed to set console font and keymap" message at
> bootup. The default keymap appears to have been changed, and everything
>
All I did was change "us" for "gb" in my /etc/default/keyboard file. I
am now getting a "failed to set console font and keymap" message at
bootup. The default keymap appears to have been changed, and everything
works well otherwise.
please help.
On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 09:14:46PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
I used to be able to change the console font with a GUI program.
But I have forgotten how to do that. Console setup doesn't do it, I
don't know what that does.
Can anybody help me out here?
I use 'setfont'
Hi,
$ man setfont
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* Hugo Vanwoerkom [2017-09-27 21:14 -0500]:
> I used to be able to change the console font with a GUI program.
> But I have forgotten how to do that. Console setup doesn't do it, I don't
> know what that does.
dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
Elimar
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On 27-09-17, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> I used to be able to change the console font with a GUI program.
> But I have forgotten how to do that. Console setup doesn't do it, I don't
> know what that does.
>
> Can anybody help me out here?
>
> Hugo (Sid)
>
D
I used to be able to change the console font with a GUI program.
But I have forgotten how to do that. Console setup doesn't do it, I
don't know what that does.
Can anybody help me out here?
Hugo (Sid)
Bob Bernstein composed on 2016-06-03 22:29 (UTC-0400):
Felix Miata wrote:
In summary, 16x32 at a lower screen resolution translates to a
bigger glyph on any given display.
Thanks. That comports with my feeble cogitations. I'll give her
a whirl.
How did it go? What font size did you wind
Den 04. juni 2016 03:24, skrev Bob Bernstein:
> GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768
> GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768
> and rem'd out
> # GRUB_TERMINAL=console
>
> The output of 'hwinfo --framebuffer' suggests I have many other larger
> and smaller resolutions available to me, but I am not one to muck
> around wi
On Fri, 3 Jun 2016, Felix Miata wrote:
In summary, 16x32 at a lower screen resolution translates to a
bigger glyph on any given display.
Thanks. That comports with my feeble cogitations. I'll give her
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Bob Bernstein composed on 2016-06-03 21:48 (UTC-0400):
I discovered and remedied that I only had one of the
firmware-linux-free/nonfree packages installed. Then I enabled
framebuffer and began to run dpkg-reconfigure console-setup with
some success. I now have Terminus2Bold 16x32 to use in my co
ck with an
impossibly small console font (or, is "terminal font" the
correct verbiage?). Last night I hurled all caution to the wind
and revisited this situation. For those keeping score at home,
this is Jessie, sans systemd, running AMD64.
I discovered and remedied that I only had
seen, when we last left Bob he was stuck with an
impossibly small console font (or, is "terminal font" the correct
verbiage?). Last night I hurled all caution to the wind and
revisited this situation. For those keeping score at home, this is
Jessie, sans systemd, running AMD64.
I dis
On Fri 22 May 2015 at 18:07:16 +, Curt wrote:
> On 2015-05-22, Brian wrote:
> >>
> >> Prolixity killed the cat.
> >
> > Commiserations. There's no accounting for the behaviour of a dog which
> > has been given that name.
> >
>
> I nicknamed him Fido.
But have you got an alias in ~/.bashrc?
On 2015-05-22, Brian wrote:
>>
>> Prolixity killed the cat.
>
> Commiserations. There's no accounting for the behaviour of a dog which
> has been given that name.
>
I nicknamed him Fido.
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On Fri 22 May 2015 at 15:48:04 +, Curt wrote:
> On 2015-05-21, Brian wrote:
> >
> > After the reboot:
> >
> > setupcon
> >
> > Please forgive my lack of verboseness.
> >
>
> Prolixity killed the cat.
Commiserations. There's no accounting for the behaviour of a dog which
has been given tha
On 2015-05-21, Brian wrote:
>
> After the reboot:
>
> setupcon
>
> Please forgive my lack of verboseness.
>
Prolixity killed the cat.
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On Thu, 21 May 2015, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
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.
Thank you for this insight and all the others you have
shared. I am still sufficiently gun-shy that I fe
On Thu 21 May 2015 at 11:35:52 -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 03:28:26PM +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
>
> > dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
>
> After using the above, and rebooting, whatever changes the above
> made did not appear to "take&qu
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 install
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
On Thu, 2015-05-21 at 08:22 -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Thu, 21 May 2015, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
>
> > dpkg-reconfigure ?
>
> I wonder: could you be a bit more verbose as to how
> you think I might use that command?
>
> Thanks!
Hi,
Probably something chang
On Thu, 21 May 2015, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
dpkg-reconfigure ?
I wonder: could you be a bit more verbose as to how
you think I might use that command?
Thanks!
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> My spidey sense is tingling the way it almost always does when I
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> there you have it, nevertheless, as they say.
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> But, may I have my console font back, please?
>
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On Thu, 22 May 2014, john s. wrote:
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:34:21AM -0400, john s. wrote:
How can I increase the size of the console font?
This is a new install without no desktop ie. just the base installion
so we're talking about the font in the vt (virtual terminal).
do you hav
On Thu, 22 May 2014 16:10:08 -0400
"john s." wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2014 16:06:47 +0200
> Francesco Ariis wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:34:21AM -0400, john s. wrote:
> > > How can I increase the size of the console font?
> > >
>
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Curt wrote:
> On 2014-05-22, Francesco Ariis wrote:
> > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:34:21AM -0400, john s. wrote:
> >> How can I increase the size of the console font?
> >>
> >
> > It depends on your terminal
On Thu, 22 May 2014 16:06:47 +0200
Francesco Ariis wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:34:21AM -0400, john s. wrote:
> > How can I increase the size of the console font?
> >
>
> It depends on your terminal emulator. I suppose it's gnome-terminal.
>
On 2014-05-22, Francesco Ariis wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:34:21AM -0400, john s. wrote:
>> How can I increase the size of the console font?
>>
>
> It depends on your terminal emulator. I suppose it's gnome-terminal.
> Can you check and report back?
>
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:34:21AM -0400, john s. wrote:
> How can I increase the size of the console font?
>
It depends on your terminal emulator. I suppose it's gnome-terminal.
Can you check and report back?
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On Sun, 2011-10-09 at 00:01 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 04:36:21PM +0200, Peter Brüel wrote:
> > I have a box that dual boots Debian Squeeze and Wheezy. In Wheezy I have
> > found that the console font in X (I use Xfce as DE) is about 17% wider
> >
On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 10:35 +, Camaleón wrote:
> (...)
>
> > The only thing I've been able too find is this guy's post (Google search
> > line 'debian font too wide'):
> >
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636844
>
> Hum... yes, the issue seems to be very similar.
>
> >
On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:17:19 +0200, Peter Brüel wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 11:54 +, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> Do you see the same effect in another applications (i.e., LibreOffice
>> Writer)?
>
> Yes - same effect. Here is a screenshot showing lowriter (LibreOffice),
> xfce4-terminal (2)
On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 11:54 +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:46:30 +0200, Peter Brüel wrote:
>
> > I have a box that dual boots Debian Squeeze and Wheezy. In Wheezy I have
> > found that the console font in X (I use Xfce as DE) is about 17% wider
> > c
On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 13:39 +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 07:46:30PM BST, Peter Brüel wrote:
> > Hi list
> >
> > I have a box that dual boots Debian Squeeze and Wheezy. In Wheezy I have
> > found that the console font in X (I use Xfce as DE) is a
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 07:46:30PM BST, Peter Brüel wrote:
> Hi list
>
> I have a box that dual boots Debian Squeeze and Wheezy. In Wheezy I have
> found that the console font in X (I use Xfce as DE) is about 17% wider
> compared to Squeeze. (The height is the same.)
>
> I h
On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:46:30 +0200, Peter Brüel wrote:
> I have a box that dual boots Debian Squeeze and Wheezy. In Wheezy I have
> found that the console font in X (I use Xfce as DE) is about 17% wider
> compared to Squeeze. (The height is the same.)
>
> I have made a screenshot
On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 21:49 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote:
> Peter Brüel:
> >
> > I have a box that dual boots Debian Squeeze and Wheezy. In Wheezy I
have
> > found that the console font in X (I use Xfce as DE) is about 17%
wider
> > compared to Squeeze. (The height is
Peter Brüel:
>
> I have a box that dual boots Debian Squeeze and Wheezy. In Wheezy I have
> found that the console font in X (I use Xfce as DE) is about 17% wider
> compared to Squeeze. (The height is the same.)
DPI values are independent for the horizontal and vertical axis. Have
Hi list
I have a box that dual boots Debian Squeeze and Wheezy. In Wheezy I have
found that the console font in X (I use Xfce as DE) is about 17% wider
compared to Squeeze. (The height is the same.)
I have made a screenshot in both Squeeze and Wheezy then aligned them
and taken a screenshot for
On Sat 19 Feb 2011 at 18:22:33 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote:
> Gentlemen, upon boot I see
, , , and Ladies?
> Loading initial ramdisk
> Loading, please wait...
> with the second line dimmer than the first.
> "No big deal", but how can I stop such dimming?
> All I know is the second line
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:22:33 -0500 (EST), jida...@jidanni.org wrote:
>
> Gentlemen, upon boot I see
> Loading initial ramdisk
> Loading, please wait...
> with the second line dimmer than the first.
> "No big deal", but how can I stop such dimming?
> All I know is the second line is from /usr/s
2011/2/19
> Gentlemen, upon boot I see
> Loading initial ramdisk
> Loading, please wait...
> with the second line dimmer than the first.
> "No big deal", but how can I stop such dimming?
> All I know is the second line is from /usr/share/initramfs-tools/init,
> and I like GRUB_TERMINAL=console
> "RL" == Roger Leigh writes:
RL> Try "setterm -half-bright on|off".
OK, but there on the console
# setterm -half-bright off
doesn't seem to change things. Still dim.
Where in the Debian startup scripts do they do the
setterm -half-bright on
in the first place?
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> Gentlemen, upon boot I see
> Loading initial ramdisk
> Loading, please wait...
> with the second line dimmer than the first.
> "No big deal", but how can I stop such dimming?
> All I know is the second line is from /usr/shar
Gentlemen, upon boot I see
Loading initial ramdisk
Loading, please wait...
with the second line dimmer than the first.
"No big deal", but how can I stop such dimming?
All I know is the second line is from /usr/share/initramfs-tools/init,
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> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Phil Requirements
>> wrote:
>
>> Just in case you are running grub2, the /etc/grub/default variables
>> for framebuffer are
>
> I needed that hint, too. Betwe
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Phil Requirements
wrote:
>> I don't know when it happened but it must have been during some
>> "aptitude upgrade" run lately: My console font turned from white to
>> cyan. At first I thought that the red VGA signal had
> I don't know when it happened but it must have been during some
> "aptitude upgrade" run lately: My console font turned from white to
> cyan. At first I thought that the red VGA signal had a bad contact,
I was recently experimenting with framebuffer settings, and when
Hello folks,
I don't know when it happened but it must have been during some
"aptitude upgrade" run lately: My console font turned from white to
cyan. At first I thought that the red VGA signal had a bad contact,
but X came up in full color. Console apps can control the color to a
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold16
>
> to
>
> SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold32x16
>
> which gave me a console font I can read without glasses.
>
> This works for me but I am left wondering about the different options.
Found vga=ask no longer exists in grub2. Eliminated vga
is cp427 or iso01.
The entries in /etc/console-tools/config set APP_CHAR_MAP=utf8 and
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold16
After experimenting I edited /etc/console-tools/config to change the
line
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold16
to
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold32x16
which gave me a console font I
is cp427 or iso01.
The entries in /etc/console-tools/config set APP_CHAR_MAP=utf8 and
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold16
After experimenting I edited /etc/console-tools/config to change the
line
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold16
to
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold32x16
which gave me a console font I
entries in /etc/console-tools/config set APP_CHAR_MAP=utf8 and
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold16
After experimenting I edited /etc/console-tools/config to change the
line
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold16
to
SCREEN_FONT=uni3-TerminusBold32x16
which gave me a console font I can read without glasses
> Quoth Matthew Smith at 2009-03-18 08:36...
> >The issue is this:
> >
> >* Boot machine.
> >* Console font size is sensible.
> >* Run xorg (startx).
> >* Close xorg.
> >* Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being
> >
Quoth Matthew Smith at 2009-03-18 08:36...
The issue is this:
* Boot machine.
* Console font size is sensible.
* Run xorg (startx).
* Close xorg.
* Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being
unusable. (Have to reboot to be able to work again.)
It seems that the
Quoth Thomas H. George at 2009-03-18 23:44...
consolechars -d
I have a much minor problem, a console font with some confusing
characters is installed on bootup (Lenny). With console-tools installed
the command consolechars -d switches to a font I like better.
Thanks for that suggestion.
I
from "mildly annoying" to
> "serious nuisance."
>
> The issue is this:
>
> * Boot machine.
> * Console font size is sensible.
> * Run xorg (startx).
> * Close xorg.
> * Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being
> unusa
Chris Jones wrote:
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 07:49:10PM EDT, Dave Witbrodt wrote:
To which "framebuffer lists" do you refer? I have some framebuffer
issues of my own that I would like to discuss with knowledgeable
people, but I don't know where to look or subscribe.
You can subscribe - or
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 07:49:10PM EDT, Dave Witbrodt wrote:
> To which "framebuffer lists" do you refer? I have some framebuffer
> issues of my own that I would like to discuss with knowledgeable
> people, but I don't know where to look or subscribe.
You can subscribe - or browse the arch
Quoth Douglas A. Tutty at 2009-03-18 10:59...
Two questions:
Thanks for your reply.
1. Does this still happen if your kernel command line has
vga=normal? (I'm assuming that you're using a framebuffer), and if you
don't use a special font?
Yes it does still happen with vga=normal. I do
annoying" to
> "serious nuisance."
>
> The issue is this:
>
> * Boot machine.
> * Console font size is sensible.
> * Run xorg (startx).
> * Close xorg.
> * Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being
> unusable. (Have to reboot t
Chris Jones wrote:
.. oh bugger.. I meant the framebuffer lists, naturally.
To which "framebuffer lists" do you refer? I have some framebuffer
issues of my own that I would like to discuss with knowledgeable people,
but I don't know where to look or subscribe.
Dave W.
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> > new Debian installation, I'm upgrading this from "mildly annoying" to
> > "serious nuisance."
>
> would go as far as "show stopper" myself.
>
> > The issue is this:
> >
> > * Boot machine.
from "mildly annoying" to
> "serious nuisance."
would go as far as "show stopper" myself.
> The issue is this:
>
> * Boot machine.
> * Console font size is sensible.
> * Run xorg (startx).
> * Close xorg.
> * Console font size is now enormous on
is:
* Boot machine.
* Console font size is sensible.
* Run xorg (startx).
* Close xorg.
* Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being
unusable. (Have to reboot to be able to work again.)
Can anyone enlighten me as to why this happens and what I can do to
regain my regular
Robert Latest wrote:
Hello Kelly,
As far as I know, any mode other than 80x25 is FB. There are two
way to display a penguin, one is the kernel option for a boot logo
(off by default in debian), the other is a boot splash program, such
as splashy or usplash.
Yeah, but I don't want the penguin
Hello Kelly,
> As far as I know, any mode other than 80x25 is FB. There are two
> way to display a penguin, one is the kernel option for a boot logo
> (off by default in debian), the other is a boot splash program, such
> as splashy or usplash.
Yeah, but I don't want the penguin anyway. What I wa
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:14, Robert Latest wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I'm completely stumped. I'm using the out-of-the-box lenny kernel
> vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686. According to the config file, ehere seem to be
> many framebuffer options hard-compiled into the kernel (seel below).
>
> When I set the "
Another curious thing: I tried to make some framebuffer devices in
/dev (as described in the HOWTO), but they get deleted on reboot!
Since when gets stuff deleted from /dev?
Did my system go haywire somehow, or could this have to do with its
being the "testing" branch?
Thanks,
robert
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Hello there,
I'm completely stumped. I'm using the out-of-the-box lenny kernel
vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686. According to the config file, ehere seem to be
many framebuffer options hard-compiled into the kernel (seel below).
When I set the "vga=ask" kernel option, all I get is a handful of
chunky 80-by-s
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 06:08:59AM EST, Robert Latest wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
> > This should get you up to speed re: the fb console:
> >
> > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO.html
>
> I had already looked at that document up to the point where it says:
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
> This should get you up to speed re: the fb console:
>
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO.html
I had already looked at that document up to the point where it says:
"Reboot the kernel, and as a simple test, try entering 0301 at the VGA
p
Just saw this:
http://lwn.net/Articles/318582/
CJ
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On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 04:53, Robert Latest wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> since many kernels ago I've used VGA console fonts that have been more
> pleasant than the standard 80x25 screen (mode 775). However, since my
> recent upgrade to lenny, this often doesn't work any more. Sometimes I
> get the fo
ork any more. Sometimes I
> get the font I want, sometimes I get the 80x25 one, and sometimes I
> get asked which mode I want (as if I had given the "vga=ask" boot
> option). I don't know why this is so erratic, but my system seems to
> slowly settle for the "ask"
On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:53:54 +0100
Robert Latest wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> since many kernels ago I've used VGA console fonts that have been more
> pleasant than the standard 80x25 screen (mode 775). However, since my
> recent upgrade to lenny, this often doesn't work any more. Sometimes I
> get
Hello folks,
since many kernels ago I've used VGA console fonts that have been more
pleasant than the standard 80x25 screen (mode 775). However, since my
recent upgrade to lenny, this often doesn't work any more. Sometimes I
get the font I want, sometimes I get the 80x25 one, and sometimes I
get a
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Scott Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After I switch to a console screen, or exit from xorg, the console
> font is corrupted. I can see what I type, but you cannot make out
> what the characters are on the screen.
>
> Does anyone ha
On Thu,28.Aug.08, 10:35:27, Scott Edwards wrote:
> I'm having similar problems on two different machines. For now I'll
> focus on the laptop running stable on a g4 ppc CPU.
>
> After I switch to a console screen, or exit from xorg, the console
> font is corrupted. I can
On 08/28/2008 11:35 AM, Scott Edwards wrote:
I'm having similar problems on two different machines. For now I'll
focus on the laptop running stable on a g4 ppc CPU.
After I switch to a console screen, or exit from xorg, the console
font is corrupted. I can see what I type, but you c
More like a me too, but just a little bit for me. Once in a while, one
of the letters have missing part. Like the 'f' have some part missing,
or the 'n'. For me rebooting seems to fix it. I had almost the feeling
a developper was making some kind of joke. I have a i945GZ chipset, so
no proprietary
Scott Edwards wrote:
I'm having similar problems on two different machines. For now I'll
focus on the laptop running stable on a g4 ppc CPU.
After I switch to a console screen, or exit from xorg, the console
font is corrupted. I can see what I type, but you cannot make out
what the
I'm having similar problems on two different machines. For now I'll
focus on the laptop running stable on a g4 ppc CPU.
After I switch to a console screen, or exit from xorg, the console
font is corrupted. I can see what I type, but you cannot make out
what the characters are on
I have installed some console only Debian systems. Woody and Potato worked
well with kernel vga=6 video mode setup. Also some systems updated from
Woody to Sarge works similar way without problems. A fresh Sarge
installation start correcly but then it switch to different video mode and
my probl
ook it up on google.
> vga=0x317 blanks my screen.
> My boot messages give the message 'Configuring general fonts...
> /dev/tty0 (ios15) /dev/tty1 (iso15) etc. It is at this point that my
> console reverts to 80x25.
Are you running a laptop or a desktop. Sorry, lost your original
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On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 06:44:03PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 9/24/2005, "Angelo Bertolli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >>Hi there,
> >>my default debian installation gives a console with 25 rows and a
> >>huuuge font. I feed vga=ask as boot paramete
On 9/24/2005, "Angelo Bertolli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>Hi there,
>>my default debian installation gives a console with 25 rows and a
>>huuuge font. I feed vga=ask as boot parameter and choose 80x43 and
>>get a viewable screen with squashed fonts. During the bo
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