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Re: Console font size change on xorg exit



On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 08:36:51AM +1030, Matthew Smith wrote:
> 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."
> 
> 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?

Two questions:

1.	Does this still happen if your kernel command line has
vga=normal? (I'm assuming that you're using a framebuffer), and if you
don't use a special font?

2.	What happens if you blindly type "reset" or setterm -reset?

Doug.


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