RMMODing a console font
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. 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 tty$0
rmmod atyfb
chvt tty$0
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to kill the console
remove atyfb
restart the console.
But thus far attempts have failed.
Can anyone skilled in console issues provide some advice.
MarvS
[3]+ Exit 1 ./KC 0
stodolsklap:~# ./KC 0 &
[2] 1564
deallocvt: 0: illegal VT number
stodolsklap:~# chvt: VT_ACTIVATE: No such device or address like:
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