Bug#389963: [Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#389963: console-setup: Screen size is wrong

[Thue Janus Kristensen]

Ah - things work after i loaded the framebuffer module. I have an
intel graphics chipset, so this bug should probably be reassigned to
xserver-xorg-video-i810.

I checked, and xserver-xorg-video-i810 seems to have no equivalent bug report.

Thanks for your help, even if the bug was not in your package. At
least I hope it will be useful for your FAQ...

Regards, Thue

On 10/3/06, Anton Zinoviev <anton at lml.bas.bg> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 09:35:53AM +0200, Thue Janus Kristensen wrote:
> >
> > I just tested, and this is not true. Even after booting, the font size
> > is still reset to size 16 when X is started and I then switch to a
> > console.
>
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 09:40:44AM +0200, Thue Janus Kristensen wrote:
> >
> > >Then try to see during the boot proces whether the font of
> > >console-setup loades (the corresponding message should be "Setting
> > >up console font and keymap").  Then try to see if this font remains
> > >unchanged until X starts.  Return to the console immediately and
> > >see if the font is already broken.
> >
> > The font does load during boot.
> > [...]
> > As I can see the font is correct until X starts I assume this is the case.
>
> So the font loads and right before X start the font is still OK but
> immediately after Ctrl+Alt+F1 it is already broken and the last 2-3
> lines are not visible?  If so, this means you are unlucky to use one
> of the few X video drivers which do not respect the font on the
> console.  I think that currently the non-free proprietary drivers are
> more susceptible to this bug some of the free drivers are also buggy
> from time to time.
>
> If this is the case and you use a free driver feel free to send a bug
> report to the X maintainers.
>
> For now I can suggest you to use framebuffer.  This must solve the
> problem.  You can test the framebuffer with the command
>
>    modprobe vga16fb
>
> (run it from the console, not from X).  If this works, add "vga16fb"
> to /etc/modules.
>
> This is a generic framebuffer module, try it first.  Depending on your
> video adapter it is possible that the kernel has a module that suits
> better the adapter, for example i810fb, intelfb, i2c-matroxfb,
> radeonfb, nvidiafb, sisfb.  In order to try some of these modules the
> console may not be already in framebuffer mode.  This means that if
> "modprobe vga16fb" works and you want to try some of the other modules
> you will have to reboot first.
>
> Unfortunately I've heard that some of the proprietary drivers for the
> X server do not work well with framebuffer (for example after
> Ctrl+Alt+F1 the screen is blank and nothing is visible).
>
> > Anyway, since the console does display the right characters once I
> > have run setupcon then it indicates that the locale does exist.
>
> Good point.
>
> > kbd does have the init-script /etc/init.d/console-screen.kbd.sh ,
> > which is run on start. But kbd is recommended by console-setup, and
> > required by console-common, and so should not conflict with
> > console-setup?
>
> The script of kbd executes before the script of console-setup.
>
> Anton Zinoviev
>