Still happening in Xenial. There is workaround: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console- setup/+bug/657551/comments/23
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to console-setup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433897 Title: Console/VT font is (randomly) not set (sometimes) on some machines. Stuck with the default VGA BIOS font. Status in console-setup: New Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in console-setup source package in Precise: Confirmed Status in console-setup source package in Quantal: Won't Fix Bug description: [Impact] [Fix] [Test Case] [Regression Potential] [Original Report] Since the Karmic transition away from init.d scripts to upstart services has started, the font is no longer set at bootup. This results in unreadable user prompts, whenever applications output non-ascii characters to screen and it also affects graphic box characters used by ncurses, such as for debconf dialogs. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Sep 21 12:51:40 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: console-setup 1.34ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fi_FI.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic SourcePackage: console-setup Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/console-setup/+bug/433897/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp