On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 11:12:35PM +0100, Will McDonald wrote:
On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 at 21:40, George R Goffe via users <
users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
I prefer to start "x" manually and have /etc/inittab set to run level 3
(multi user).
When I boot this system, the console fonts are VERY SMALL... to the point
of unreadable... even with glasses. I have specified the boot parameter
"ask=791" which sets the first part of the fonts but when the system
continues and does a modeset(?), the fonts revert to REALLY SMALL.
Personally, 791 isn't large enough.
How can I get the fonts to be bigger?
It's quick-and-dirty but once logged in to the TTY you can do `setfont -d`
to double the default font size. That's just about usable for me on a 14"
display Lenovo X1 at 3840x2400.
Seconding Will's suggestion. In the user's .profile I test if running
on a "true" tty line (/dev/ttyX) vs a pseudo tty (/dev/pts/X).
if [[ $GPG_TTY = /dev/tty? ]]
then
setfont -d
fi
--
Jon H. LaBadie jo...@jgcomp.com
--
_______________________________________________
users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Fedora Code of Conduct:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/
List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
List Archives:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Do not reply to spam, report it:
https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
