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From: Mumia W. on 18 Jul 2010 15:00 On 07/18/2010 12:28 PM, Zeljko wrote: > I did add vga=773 in a kernel line, that's exactly the size I want > for my monitor resolution. > > Booting begins with the the large font as usual, than it switches > to the size I selected vga 773 as I intended, > but! at one point it switches to a _very_ small font size in console; > I need a magnifier in order to read it ! > > Please, how to keep, or prevent a system to change the font size, or > to prevent it to override the indication in the kernel line and keep > the size as selected ? > > Here is an excerpt from my /boot/grub/menu.lst: > kernel /vmlinuz26 > root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/42b087de-3829-4a18-9810-17d84ad5c8bb ro vga=773 > > The startup scripts might be changing the console font. You didn't mention what distribution you're using, so I'll have to assume. Debian Lenny seems to still have /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh. If you have Debian Lenny, examine that file to see how the console fonts are configured. My console-screen.sh references /etc/console-tools/config; perhaps appropriate changes there will help you. In a previous distribution of Debian, I disabled the startup scripts in /etc/rc?.d/ for console-screen.sh, and I used by own, custom-created script for setting up the console. If you follow this path, make sure you understand how to create your own startup scripts in /etc/init.d/ and configure them to run in the appropriate runlevels (if you're still using runlevels). Read these: man update-rc.d man consolefonts man console man console_codes ls /usr/share/consolefonts I mention console_codes because you may need to set the console into UTF-8 mode. Read up on "ESC % @" and "ESC % G". Good luck.
From: unruh on 23 Jul 2010 15:01
On 2010-07-23, Feranija <feranija(a)net> wrote: > On 07/18/2010 12:00 PM, Mumia W. wrote: >> On 07/18/2010 12:28 PM, Zeljko wrote: >>> I did add vga=773 in a kernel line, that's exactly the size I want >>> for my monitor resolution. >>> >>> Booting begins with the the large font as usual, than it switches >>> to the size I selected vga 773 as I intended, >>> but! at one point it switches to a _very_ small font size in console; >>> I need a magnifier in order to read it ! >>> >>> Please, how to keep, or prevent a system to change the font size, or >>> to prevent it to override the indication in the kernel line and keep >>> the size as selected ? >>> >>> Here is an excerpt from my /boot/grub/menu.lst: >>> kernel /vmlinuz26 >>> root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/42b087de-3829-4a18-9810-17d84ad5c8bb ro vga=773 >>> >>> >> >> The startup scripts might be changing the console font. You didn't >> mention what distribution you're using, so I'll have to assume. Debian >> Lenny seems to still have /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh. If you have >> Debian Lenny, examine that file to see how the console fonts are >> configured. My console-screen.sh references /etc/console-tools/config; >> perhaps appropriate changes there will help you. >> >> In a previous distribution of Debian, I disabled the startup scripts in >> /etc/rc?.d/ for console-screen.sh, and I used by own, custom-created >> script for setting up the console. If you follow this path, make sure >> you understand how to create your own startup scripts in /etc/init.d/ >> and configure them to run in the appropriate runlevels (if you're still >> using runlevels). >> >> Read these: >> man update-rc.d >> man consolefonts >> man console >> man console_codes >> ls /usr/share/consolefonts >> >> I mention console_codes because you may need to set the console into >> UTF-8 mode. Read up on "ESC % @" and "ESC % G". Good luck. > > > Yes, it was a a matter of a font selection in a start-up script. I > thought it was all about resolution, but it seems nowdays vga in a > grub kernel line is deprecated and have no function any more. > Thank you for pointing this out. Nope. that is not true. On my system if I choose one of the VESA modes, the system dies. I must choose vga=0 (or one of the otehr low vga modes) At least on my system the small font seems to be being done in the initrd What script did you find helped? > > |