Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers schrieb: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:51:22 +0000 > Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That is, I suppose, *possible* (I don't have any intel video >> hardware). You seem to be suggesting that you get three different >> sizes of fonts during your boot ? Can you identify which of the >> bootscripts cause the tiny fonts to take over ? > > Yes. The boot procedure starts with the "normal" font size. At a certain > point, the font changes to the 12x22 according to your advice. Finaly, short > before the booting ends, some 20 lines before, at a statement ( dmesg ) > "Setting up Linux console...", the font becomes tiny. And remains tiny. > I hope you can identify who is triggering the console setting. > Edgar
i'm not shure, but as far as i understand: 1) the first stage is standard 80x24 characters from the bios. (i guess with efi-bios things will change, as efi can start in graphical mode). 2) very soon the frame-buffer device will switch to a font available to the fb-device. this font you can select in the kernel setup. 3) as soon as the kms driver is loaded, you get the tiny characters (and i get the blank screen). 4) the next change will happen when x loads its drivers and fonts currently there seems no way to specify what font is loaded in stage 3! greetings tobias -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
