Package: console-setup Version: 1.47 Severity: normal
In April 2009 I emailed debian-b...@lists.debian.org to request that console-setup allow kernel fonts to be used without being replaced by software fonts. Colin Watson responded, providing a fix: setting FONTFACE and FONTSIZE to an empty string would prevent 'console-setup' from loading software fonts, while it would still configure the keyboard correctly. Updating Sid recently brought in 'console-setup' v1.47. On my next reboot, the 10x18 kernel font was replaced by a software font. I suspected that the new 'console-setup' had overwritten my settings in '/etc/default/console-setup', since such a bug had occured when these changes were first introduced in April. However, I see no settings that have been overwritten. The only possible difference I can see is that I now have FONTFACE="" FONTSIZE="" where I originally thought I had FONTFACE= FONTSIZE= This should make no difference, however. The only other oddity I can see in '/etc/default/console-setup' is unrelated to fonts: I previously had XKBMODEL="pc104" XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBVARIANT="" XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch" in '/etc/default/console-setup', but these settings have moved to '/etc/default/keyboard' (because of the new 'keyboard-configuration' package) with the value of XKBMODEL lost: XKBMODEL="" XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBVARIANT="" XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch" The settings don't explain the change in behavior of 'console-setup' regarding kernel fonts, so there must have been a change in its code. I would like to second Josh Triplett's request to have the April- November behavior restored, with 'console-setup' allowing kernel fonts to be used without being overwritten by software fonts! Thanks, Dave W. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (350, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc7-0git091113.desktop.uvesafb (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages console-setup depends on: ii console-terminus 4.28-2 Fixed-width fonts for fast reading ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii keyboard-configuration 1.47 system-wide keyboard preferences ii xkb-data 1.6-1 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu Versions of packages console-setup recommends: ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-66 Linux console and font utilities Versions of packages console-setup suggests: ii locales 2.10.1-7 GNU C Library: National Language ( ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip -- debconf information: console-setup/variant: USA console-setup/codeset47: # Latin1 and Latin5 - western Europe and Turkic languages console-setup/unsupported_options: true console-setup/fontsize-text: 16 console-setup/compose: No compose key debian-installer/console-setup-udeb/title: console-setup/other: console-setup/ctrl_alt_bksp: false console-setup/modelcode: pc104 console-setup/switch: No temporary switch console-setup/unsupported_config_layout: true console-setup/use_system_font: console-setup/fontsize: console-setup/unsupported_layout: true console-setup/charmap: UTF-8 console-setup/layoutcode: us console-setup/fontface47: Do not change the boot/kernel font console-setup/fontsize-text47: 16 console-setup/optionscode: lv3:ralt_switch debian-installer/console-setup/title: console-setup/unsupported_config_options: true console-setup/charmap47: UTF-8 console-setup/layout: USA console-setup/variantcode: console-setup/codesetcode: Lat15 console-setup/altgr: Right Alt console-setup/ttys: /dev/tty[1-6] console-setup/model: Generic 104-key PC console-setup/fontsize-fb: 16 console-setup/fontsize-fb47: 16 console-setup/codeset: # Latin1 and Latin5 - western Europe and Turkic languages console-setup/toggle: No toggling console-setup/fontface: Do not change the boot/kernel font -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org