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Bug#859458: console-setup: Suggested initramfs hook



On Wed, 2017-10-18 at 19:00 +0100, Sam Morris wrote:
> Package: console-setup
> Version: 1.164
> Tags: + patch
> Followup-For: Bug #859458
> 
> Here's the initramfs hook script I'm using. It just copies
> /etc/console-setup and /bin/setupcon into the initramfs wholesale, and
> relies on udev to trigger the setting of the font via the usual
> initramfs rules.
> 
> One weirdness I've yet to solve is that something resets the font to the
> default tiny one, after the cryptsetup passphrase prompt.

Does this system end up using a VGA console, or a framebuffer console? 
  I don't think the loaded font is retained when the console driver
changes.

> The real root
> filesystem's udev proceeds to set the font, correctly, in the normal way
> once control has been handed over to systemd.
> 
> It would be nice if there was a --save-font command for the hook to use,
> that is analogous to --save-keyboard. Alternatively, it would be nice if
> --setup-dir configured the font as well as the keymap.
> 
> It seems a bit weird that the keymap initramfs hook and script aren't
> provided by console-setup. It would be nice if console-setup adopted
> them and for them to be enhanced to handle both the keymap and font,
> rather than initramfs-tools having to concern itself with the details.

I'd be happy to discuss such a change.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it, get a larger hammer.

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