Hello Alan, On Saturday, 31 December 2022 14:08:43 GMT you wrote: > What I'm thinking here is that you might be installing a font which is > bigger than the 8x16 standard that you appear to be booting with. To > check this, would you please do: > > # file /lib/rc/console/font > > , which should return a message like: > > /lib/rc/console/font: Linux/i386 PC Screen Font v1 data, 256 characters, > Unicode directory, 8x16 > > What is the size of this font, here (where it says 8x16 for my font)? > The reason I ask is, I've got a horrible suspicion that one of the C > functions which copies screen data when the screen size is changed can > only copy to a same sized or (possibly) _bigger_ screen (i.e. with a > smaller font). If this is indeed the case, it might explain why you're > seeing a hang, here.
I think you've put your finger on it: $ file /lib/rc/console/font /lib/rc/console/font: Linux/i386 PC Screen Font v2 data, 256 characters, Unicode directory, 22x11 I use consolefont="ter-122n" from the terminus-font package. It's a long time since I was able to read a high-resolution screen in its native resolution. Is there some way I can get the UEFI BIOS to boot with that font, or a larger one? Or perhaps let the system boot without setting a font and then changing it later? Neither of those looks easy to do. I'd better have a good root through the BIOS options to start with. -- Regards, Peter.
