Re: Console font size change on xorg exit
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:06:51PM EDT, Matthew Smith wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> This is an issue that I've seen at time on various distros that I have
> found mildly annoying. Now close to completing the configuration of my
> new Debian installation, I'm upgrading this from "mildly annoying" to
> "serious nuisance."
would go as far as "show stopper" myself.
> The issue is this:
>
> * Boot machine.
> * Console font size is sensible.
> * Run xorg (startx).
> * Close xorg.
> * Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being
> unusable. (Have to reboot to be able to work again.)
>
> Can anyone enlighten me as to why this happens and what I can do to
> regain my regular console font size once I quit xorg?
Enlighten.. I'm unfortunately incapable of ..
I would suspect your card's Xorg driver.. _my_ understanding is that the
previous state of your display should have been saved when launching "X"
and restored transparently upon exiting.
You may want to try a generic (vesa?) driver instead of your card's
specific driver to confirm my speculations - sorry I can't be more
specific but it's been a while since I had to grapple with such issues.
You mention having experienced this same symptoms with "various distros"
I assume this was with the same hardware?
One place to look for help with such issues is the framebugger lists..
some guys hang in there that _really_ understand this stuff.
CJ
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