Re: Setting console font STILL broken

[Jeff Noxon <jeff@router.patch.net>]

I agree: I don't see why the setfont command needs to be there at all.

I think most people are used to the default font their video card
provides.  Why change it?

Jeff

> A friends system recently installed with Debian just booted in 80x50
> and set the font incorrectly, resulting in an unreadable screen.
> (Only the top half of each character was displayed.)
> 
> This bug has been reported at least twice before, and apparently has
> yet to be fixed.
> 
> The fix is to edit /etc/rc.boot/console as follows.  Could this bug
> PLEASE be fixed?