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On 9/22/06, Stefan Wimmer <swimmer@××××××.nl> wrote: |
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> * Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> [2006-09-22 19:51] : |
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> > Hi, |
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> > Where do I learn about changing the size of the font used at boot |
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> > time so that I can see more lines while booting, and more lines when a |
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> > kernel crash occurs? |
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> > |
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> > Thanks, |
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> > Mark |
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> |
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> And you can use a relatively small font ... |
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> |
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> $> emerge terminus-font |
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> $> vim /etc/conf.d/consolefont |
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> $> CONSOLEFONT="ter-v12n" |
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> $> /etc/init.d/consolefont restart |
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> |
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> HTH |
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> Stefan |
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Stefan, |
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I was unclear as to whether your suggestion works without the |
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vesafb stuff. It seemed that it might so I tried it but got this |
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error: |
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lightning ~ # vi /etc/conf.d/consolefont |
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lightning ~ # /etc/init.d/consolefont restart |
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* Caching service dependencies ... |
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[ ok ] |
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* WARNING: you are stopping a boot service. |
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* Setting user font ... |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument |
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* Failed to set user font [ !! ] |
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lightning ~ # |
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- Mark |
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