Bootup console screen size problem
Michael Ben-Gershon
mybg at netvision.net.il
Mon Feb 2 07:41:32 UTC 2004
Scott Stevens wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 06:30, Michael Ben-Gershon wrote:
>
>>>Try putting something like:
>>>
>>> SYSFONT="LatArCyrHeb-08"
>>>
>>>in the file /etc/sysconfig/i18n.
>>
>>The file already has:
>>
>>SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16"
>>
>>Is that the problem? Should I be changing that to what you gave above?
>
>
> That's what I did (replace the existing line). If you look in
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, you'll see where it sets the console font to the
> value of SYSFONT. That's the point during bootup at which you're seeing
> the font change back to the bigger size.
Thanks a lot. That did the trick. I think it ought to go into a FAQ
somewhere, as I found a number of such questions when trawling with
Google looking for an answer, but no satisfactory answers!
Michael Ben-Gershon
mybg at netvision.net.il
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