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Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC

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On 2011-05-08, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> At Sun, 8 May 2011 13:53:04 +0000 (UTC) Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> wrote:
>
>> 
>> I am using Debian on an IBM compatible personal computer. Early in the
>> startup process, Debian switches the video font and number of terminal
>> lines. How do I disable this switchover, so that my computer remains in
>> native video mode using the builtin VGA supplied fonts?
>> 
>> I don't mind editing the scripts to remove the offending switchover code.
>
> I don't know about Debian.  On my CentOS system in /etc/rc.sysinit there
> is the line:
>
> if [ -x /sbin/setsysfont -a -c /dev/tty1 ]; then
>    /sbin/setsysfont < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2>/dev/null
> fi
>
> Which is what I presume does what you are talking about.
>
> /sbin/setsysfont happens to be a bash script making use of /bin/setfont
> and it loads /etc/sysconfig/i18n, which sets a shell variable named
> SYSFONT. I would suspect that some editing of /etc/sysconfig/i18n might
> do what you want.
>
> You probably DON'T want to directly edit /etc/rc.sysinit or
> /sbin/setsysfont, since the next time you do a system update, your edits
> will be clobbered.  It is safe to edit /etc/sysconfig/i18n, since that
> is a local configuration file and the package manager knows to leave any
> local edits alone, although it might install an updated config file with a
> special extension (RedHat's rpm program will drop these with the
> extension '.rpmnew' and issue a message).

There is at least one solution to the problem of system updates
undoing your edits.  For several years now, I have maintained
directory and RCS repository of all the system config scripts and
such that I modify.  I also have a list of the files and relevant
paths or commands in a text file.  Finally, a short script checks
the system file against my modified version (using sudo to get
around files only root can read).  I run the checker script
before and after any package updates.  If some package update
alters one of the files I edited, I find out and can take
appropriate (counter-)action.

HTH

-- 
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@jacob21819.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)

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Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 13:53 +0000
  Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-05-08 09:38 -0500
    Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 19:23 +0000
      Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 19:52 +0000
        Re: Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 20:15 +0000
      Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 19:54 +0000
        Re: Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-05-08 22:20 +0100
    Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2011-05-10 03:34 +0000
  Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-05-08 21:58 +0200
  Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 23:51 +0200
    Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-10 03:16 +0100

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