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peterfab9845

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Unable to set Terminus as console font

I have been trying to use the Terminus font for my console font, but I'm not able to set it. This is what happens:

$ setfont -v ter-112n
Loading 256-char 6x12 font from file /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz
putfont: KDFONTOP: Invalid argument

This only happens with this specific version of the font; setfont ter-114n, for example, works perfectly.

karol

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

Works here. Try removing the terminus package from the cache, uninstalling it, redownloading and installing it.

peterfab9845

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

I just tried that, and I'm still having the same problem. Have you tried 112n? That's the only one I'm having trouble using.

karol

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

Yup, works just fine:

$ setfont -v ter-112n
Loading 256-char 6x12 font from file /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz
Loading Unicode mapping table...
$ setfont -v ter-v16n
Loading 512-char 8x16 font from file /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-v16n.psf.gz
Loading Unicode mapping table...

peterfab9845

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

That's pretty odd. Is there anything else I should try?

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

Are you using proprietary video drivers or custom settings for console resolution?

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peterfab9845

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

I'm not using any custom settings unless VirtualBox does something to it, but I'm fairly sure it doesn't.

Trilby

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

I'd try booting from the installation iso, install terminus, then see if it can be set there.  This would determine whether it is an issue with the (virtual) hardware, or if it is a configuration issue unique to your current install.

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peterfab9845

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

Alright. I've started from the iso, installed Terminus, and tried to set the font. I got exactly the same error, and the same size isn't working, so it is probably a "hardware" problem, as you suggested. Do you know of anything I could do to fix this?

Trilby

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

I'm pretty clueless about how virtual box works.  The only thing that comes to mind is whether or not you have the guest additions installed - if not they may help.

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peterfab9845

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

Just did that, no dice. Anything else I can try? If not, should I submit a bug report, and to whom?

karol

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

The error has been around for a while http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … le-576938/
Maybe you should contact upstream.

lkraav

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Re: Unable to set Terminus as console font

I'm also getting the same error specifically with ter-112n. No idea why.