Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?

From	Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?
Date	2021-06-28 15:20 +0200
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On Monday 28 June 2021 08:19:37 Curt wrote:

> On 2021-06-28, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Mon 28 Jun 2021 at 11:20:12 -0000, Curt wrote:
> >> On 2021-06-28, Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> > Thank IL Ka and Cater!i've run console-setup,
> >> > but it's not persistent, after reboot, it uses ugly font again
> >> > PS: i reply a little late, because yahoo is partially blocked
> >>
> >> Looks like this four-year-old bug:
> >>
> >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857132
> >
> > A distinct possibility. I wonder whether executing 'setupcon' after
> > rebooting restores the wanted terminal font?
>
> The workaround at the bottom of the thread is to create a service file
> that systematically deletes the cache at shutdown.

That sucks unless its a gracefull shutdown, power failures don't leave 
time to do that, so why not clean the cache early in the bootup. 
Sheesh...

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how to change terminal (tty) font? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-06-27 23:10 +0200
  Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-06-27 23:40 +0200
    Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-06-27 23:50 +0200
  Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-06-27 23:40 +0200
    Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-06-27 23:50 +0200
    Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-06-28 11:00 +0200
      Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-06-28 13:30 +0200
        Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-06-28 13:40 +0200
          Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-06-28 14:30 +0200
            Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-06-28 15:20 +0200
              Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-06-28 17:50 +0200
                Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-06-28 18:50 +0200
                Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-06-29 00:40 +0200
                Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-06-29 09:50 +0200
  Re: how to change terminal (tty) font? IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-06-28 01:40 +0200

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