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#1 2012-10-22 20:08:47

Kebertx
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[SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

After an eon of being skeptical, I finally switched from the ever beloved initscripts to the brave new world systemd. Someday the nostalgia will subside, but I digress.

Everything works like a charm. So far I have not a complaint..... save this one: My console font has reverted to the default!

My /etc/vconsole.conf is here:

KEYMAP=us
FONT="ter-112n"
FONT_MAP=8859-1_to_uni
CONSOLEFONT="ter-112n"

Also, I get this output trying setfont on tty1:

# setfont /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console

Here's the riddley part: I have the consolefont hook in mkinitcpio.conf, and THAT works! It shows me terminus as the font early in the boot process, and reverts to the default monospaced font around the time when the filesystems are being mounted. I am confused. Has anyone any insight for me?

Last edited by Kebertx (2012-10-23 02:05:49)

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#2 2012-10-22 20:11:20

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

Try it without the quotes, as per the man page...


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#3 2012-10-22 20:21:00

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

There is no such thing as "/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz" on my system.


See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … and_keymap

You only need KEYMAP and FONT.

Remove CONSOLEFONT (notice the file's name?).



Edit: Oh, it's because I don't have the terminus-font package installed.

$ ls /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz
ls: cannot access /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz: No such file or directory

$ pkgfile ter-112n.psf.gz
community/terminus-font

Last edited by DSpider (2012-10-22 20:35:24)


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#4 2012-10-22 20:28:21

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

Kebertx wrote:

Also, I get this output trying setfont on tty1:

# setfont /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console

I have this font on my system, and I get this error if I try to set the console font (using the command you posted) from a terminal in X. It works correctly if I am at a console (not in X).

┌[~]
└──╼ pacman -Qo /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz is owned by terminus-font 4.36-2

DSpider, do you have the terminus-font package installed?

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#5 2012-10-22 20:34:24

Kebertx
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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

Removed the quotes, and unneeded values. Now the file says:

KEYMAP=us
FONT=ter-112n

Still no dice. Also, I was not running the command from an X session, I was in the console. I feel in my heart this must be related to systemd, it was the only change I made.

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#6 2012-10-22 20:35:12

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

Kebertx wrote:

Removed the quotes, and unneeded values. Now the file says:

KEYMAP=us
FONT=ter-112n

Still no dice. Also, I was not running the command from an X session, I was in the console. I feel in my heart this must be related to systemd, it was the only change I made.

I have systemd on the machine where this worked. Were you in a tmux or screen session in the console? I also get the error if I'm in tmux at the console.

(edit) I just tried changing my /etc/vconsole.conf to match yours, it it works fine for me (on a pure systemd system). I do not have the consolefont hook in mkinitcpio.conf.

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#7 2012-10-22 21:25:07

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

2ManyDogs wrote:

I have systemd on the machine where this worked. Were you in a tmux or screen session in the console? I also get the error if I'm in tmux at the console.

(edit) I just tried changing my /etc/vconsole.conf to match yours, it it works fine for me (on a pure systemd system). I do not have the consolefont hook in mkinitcpio.conf.

Okay, that was actually the problem for setfont. I quit tmux, and it worked. The configuration file still does not work, except very early in the boot process.

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#8 2012-10-22 22:14:23

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

smile

It's a typo. You meen. ter-v12n .... not ter-v112n  .... i.e. not 112 point font... but 12 point font

KEYMAP=us
FONT=ter-v12n
FONT_MAP=

and

setfont ter-v12n

Also, I had to add my graphics driver to my MODULES= array in mkinitcpio.conf then rebuild my initramfs.

So, for my Intel HD4000 graphics I added i915 to MODULES= in mkinitcpio.conf

Last edited by hunterthomson (2012-10-22 22:15:24)


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#9 2012-10-22 23:00:24

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

hunterthomson wrote:

smile

It's a typo. You meen. ter-v12n .... not ter-v112n  .... i.e. not 112 point font... but 12 point font

KEYMAP=us
FONT=ter-v12n
FONT_MAP=

and

setfont ter-v12n

He's not trying to set ter-v112n, he's trying to set ter-112n (no v). I have ter-112n:

┌[~]
└──╼ ls /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-1*
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-118b.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-124n.psf.gz
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-114b.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-118n.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-128b.psf.gz
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-114n.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-120b.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-128n.psf.gz
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-114v.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-120n.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-132b.psf.gz
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-116b.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-122b.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-132n.psf.gz
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-116n.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-122n.psf.gz
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-116v.psf.gz  /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-124b.psf.gz

"setfont /usr/share/kbd/console-fonts/ter-112n.psf.gz" works for me, and it did for the OP once he stopped tmux.

"setfont /usr/share/kbd/console-fonts/ter-v12n.psf.gz" also works, and does exactly the same thing.

"FONT=ter-112n" works for me in vconsole.conf. It doesn't work for the OP. He has a consolefont hook in his mkinitcpio.conf, I don't.
"FONT=ter-v12n" also works for me, and does exactly the same thing ter-112n does.

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-10-23 00:08:01)


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#10 2012-10-22 23:53:12

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

When the graphics drivers are loaded they reset your console settings. You could try adding your graphics module to the initramfs to see if the cause is that the vconsole-setup is ran before the graphics module is inserted.

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#11 2012-10-23 01:38:07

Kebertx
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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

Thank you for defending my typing skills, 2ManyDogs, absolutely right!
Marking this thread as solved because tomegun was right. I added radeon to my modules in mkinitcpio.conf, rebuilt, rebooted, and my life was saved!
Cheers!

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#12 2012-10-23 01:51:06

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

That must be why it works for me then -- I have the module in my mkinitcpio.conf, but I honestly don't remember putting it there. I'm glad you got it solved.


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#13 2012-10-23 09:13:26

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Re: [SOLVED] Console font ignored after switching to systemd

Kebertx wrote:

Thank you for defending my typing skills, 2ManyDogs, absolutely right!
Marking this thread as solved because tomegun was right. I added radeon to my modules in mkinitcpio.conf, rebuilt, rebooted, and my life was saved!
Cheers!

Awe, I see now tongue sorry about that LOL

But ah, I did tell you to add your graphics module to the modules array in mkinitcpio.conf and rebuild your initramfs.

Just saying.


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