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dithpri

Member

Registered: 2018-01-13

Posts: 1

cmatrix -l shows a blank screen

I've recently installed cmatrix. The command works perfectly fine, except for the -l (linux matrix font) switch.
so far, I've discovered that:

setfont matrix
showconsolefont

displays the matrix font properly - it is loaded.
Also, running either

cmatrix -ol

from TTY or

cmatrix -ox

from xterm with the mtx font loaded only shows scrolling vertical bars (I checked it is indeed vertical bars by piping the output). I've also tried the ncmatrix AUR package, but the same issue persists. I have no clue whether this is a font or ncurses/cmatrix issue.
-o is the option described as "old-style scrolling"
-x is for using with the mtx.pcf font in xterm.

darthpenguin

Member

Registered: 2011-09-16

Posts: 113

Re: cmatrix -l shows a blank screen

I don't have a fix for this. I just want to say that I have this same issue and hope someone knows how to fix this.