On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 08:18:11AM +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote > Did I read that right? You have a setting in lilo.conf that makes > your font unreadable? Then why do you have that in lilo.conf?
You didn't read the entire post. The *DEFAULT* result of 'VGA=6' in /etc/lilo.conf gives an 8x8 font which results in an 80x60 display. *IN ADDITION* I set 'CONSOLEFONT="lat1-10"' in /etc/conf.d/consolefont, which gives me an 80x48 row display, using 8x10 font, which is *MUCH* nicer than 8x8 font. The reason I do 'VGA=6' in /etc/lilo.conf is because that is a quick-n-dirty way to kick the display into a 480 scanline mode, instead of the default 400 scanline mode. It's a lot safer and easier than screwing around with SVGATextmode (is it still around?). Anyhow, upon resuming from hibernation, Gentoo remembers the 480 scanline mode, but does not remember the non-default font, which is why I have to reset the font via the OnResume option. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
