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VirtualException

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Registered: 2022-04-07

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Bad format on tty7 with lighdm

Hi!
Whenever I quit my Xorg session (or shut down the computer), the tty7 appears for a moment, and it looks like this:
Bad format on tty
I'm using lightdm as display manager.
Is there any way of fixing the format so that all lines start in the left? It looks bad
I guess it has something to do with the size that the tty was first initialized with, idk.
Currently using 6.0.7-arch1-1
Thanks in advance!

Last edited by VirtualException (2022-11-10 19:41:36)

seth

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Re: Bad format on tty7 with lighdm

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 3#p1960893

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VirtualException

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Registered: 2022-04-07

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Re: Bad format on tty7 with lighdm

Thanks for your response, but I don't know how to implement the stty command so that it affects the tty7.
I managed to create a service that runs "stty onlcr" (also tried "stty onlcr opost") at boot, but it doesn't remove the staircase effect, instead it resets the font of all my ttys.
Any idea of whats wrong?

seth

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Re: Bad format on tty7 with lighdm

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Getty
I suspect that passing

       -c, --noreset
           Do not reset terminal cflags (control modes). See termios(3) for more details.

will prevent this BUT! this might have unforseen implications and could render the (that, if you limit the override) terminal useless!

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