Re: Problem with fonts in console
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 5:46 AM, James Brown <jbrownfirst@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03.04.2011 04:45, 张启德 wrote:
>> 2011/4/3 wolf python london <lyh19901223@gmail.com>:
>>> On 3 April 2011 11:17, 张启德 <kenifanying@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 2011/4/3 James Brown <jbrownfirst@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Earlier I used Debian Lenny AMD64, which I have upgraded to Debian
>>>>> Squeeze AMD64.
>>>>>>> ~$ dmesg | grep -i video
>>>>>>> [ 0.971306] pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device
>>>>>>> [ 5.070696] input: Video Bus as
>>>>> /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input6
>>>>>>> [ 5.070784] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes rom: no
>>>>> post: no)
>>>>>>> [ 7.025462] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
>>>>>>> ~$ lspci
>>>>>>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS,
>>>>> 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
>>>>>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile
>>>>> 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
>>>>>>> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME,
>>>>> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
>>>>> I had no such problem with Debian Lenny, but after upgrading to Squeeze
>>>>> the fonts in my console became very small.
>>>>> I tried "sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup" and "sudo dpkg-reconfigure
>>>>> console-cyrillic" but I have had no any success. (Under Lenny I had
>>>>> configured my console fonts such method without any problems).
>>>>> I tried to set "vga=792" into my /boot/grub.cfg but have no success too.
>>>>
>>>> I had similar problem in squeeze, but i solved this just run "sudo
>>>> dpkg-reconfigure console-setup"
>>>>
>>>> Encoding to use on the console \\UTF-8
>>>> Character set to support \\ # Latin1 and Latin5 - western
>>>> Europe and Turkic languages
>>>> Font for the console \\VGA (TerminusBold or TerminusBoldVGA may
>>>> be better)
>>>> Font size \\16
>>>
>>> I come across this problem too , but the size of chars is still small .
>>> And I was wondering what's the default configuration of lenny?
>>
>> if you run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup" and select "Fixed" or
>> "Terminus"
>> as the the default fonts in console, the fonts is still small.
>> Choose "VGA" as the default fonts and set font size to 16 is good enough to me.
>> You can try "TerminusBold" or "TerminusBoldVGA", they all better than "VGA".
>>
>> Then, reboot the computer, the fonts in console will change.
>
> I have no result. My fonts are not fonts but still a bullshit.
> I have no idea how I can improve 'em.
What have you set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX,
GRUB_TERMINAL, GRUB_GFXMODE, GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX to in
"/etc/default/grub"?
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