Bug#563035: console-setup: bottom 2-3 lines are cut off in virtual terminals with Fixed14
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 05:23:21AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>
> When I reconfigure console-setup to choose the Fixed font in size 14
> (see debconf information below) and reboot the machine, the bottom
> 2-3 lines are cut off in virtual terminals.
>
> This is a problem similar to question 1.2 from
>
> /usr/share/doc/console-setup/FAQ.gz
>
> but I do not change the font size.
>
> Note: I use gdm.
This must be some new bug in the X server. Please do the following:
1. Upgrade the X server to the last available.
2. Test that the bug still exists.
3. Give some info about the graphics card of this machine and the
version of xserver-xorg-core (this is in order to know to which package
to reassign the bug. I suppose the X maintainers will require some
additional information.)
The most secure way to test 2. is the following:
mv /etc/rc2.d/S*gdm /etc # disable GDM temporarily
reboot
# make sure the fonts are OK after the reboot
X # start plain X server
# press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and see if the bottom lines are cut off
# press Ctrl+C to kill the X server
mv /etc/S*gdm /etc/rc2.d/
> Fixed14 looks the same as Fixed16. So, I wonder whether the font size
> is really changed.
Fixed14 and Fixed16 are almost identical (I can not distinguish between
them). If console-setup is configured to use Fixed14 you can try the
following:
setupcon # to make sure Fixed14 is loaded
zcat /usr/share/doc/console-setup/FAQ.gz
# Observe the top line on the screen
loadkeys Uni2-Fixed16.psf.gz
zcat /usr/share/doc/console-setup/FAQ.gz
# Observe again the top line on the screen
Anton Zinoviev
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