[Fwd: RMMODing a console font]

[Marvin Stodolsky <stodolsk@rcn.com>]

Debian was easily installed on my Gateway Solo 3500 laptop, with ATI
Mach64 Rage Mobility graphics card.
The best VGA console fonts are obtained by 
# insmod atyfb
providing slim 80x30 fonts in the text console.  However Xwindows does
not stabilize subsequently with this driver active, AND
# rmmod atyfb
fails because the driver is in use on the active console.

To circumvent this problem short of rebooting,
I've tried variants of a script executed in background (&)
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#!/bin/sh
deallocvt 
deallocvt tty0
rmmod atyfb
chvt tty0
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to kill the console
remove atyfb
restart the console.

But thus far attempts have failed:
   deallocvt: 0: illegal VT number
Can anyone skilled in console issues provide some advice?

MarvS