I think framebuffer is the way I need to go, and I see how to add that to the 
kernel.  I'm now seeing an error in the log when I boot.  
"Failed to load firmware radeon/R600_rlc.bin"  Ah ha!  So I need firmware, says 
I.
Now in digging around in the contents of the kernel source I see a firmware 
folder which has a radeon folder.  That contains R600_me.bin.ihex and 
R600_pfp.bin.ihex.  I have to assume those are not what I need?  Or are they? 

On May 10, 2014 7:35 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 06:44:14 -0400 
> > From: David <[email protected]> 
> > To: [email protected] 
> > Subject: [blfs-support] console fonts 
> > 
> > Is there a package and/or documentation on how to change the console font 
> > and what the options are?  I'd like to be able to see more text on the 
> > screen, if that makes any sense. 
>
>
> Changing the font: 'man setfont'; 'setfont' from 'kbd' pkg. 
>
>
> 'More text on screen': that's usually more re what framebuffer you're using; 
> and you can usually also specify it to load automatically via bootloader. 
>
>
> Here we base much on slackware (as well as b/lfs): you might want to 
> checkout: 
> ---- 
> * setfont: 
>   See the ncurses-based interactive 'try out the fonts' shell script 
>   'setup.consolefont' and the 'sbin/setconsolefont' script that it calls, 
>   via: 
>   http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.1/source/a/kbd/ 
> -- 
> * framebuffer: 
>   (You don't need to run or install lilo for this - it's just a ref to 
>   shell-script code). 
>   Similar to above re setfont, look at the ncurses-based shell script 
>   'setup.liloconfig', that calls the shell script 'liloconfig', both avail 
>   via e.g.: 
>   http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.1/source/a/lilo/ 
> ---- 
> The scripts are all pretty simple at-core; there's just a lot of 
> 'scaffolding' in them (they're used for the slackware installer). 
>
>
>
> hth, 
>
> akh 
>
>
>
> > I'm not asking about X fonts, since I haven't gotten to the point of 
> > installing X yet. 
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