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FS#27229 - [mkinitcpio] consolefont hook doesn't install properly

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Matthew Visser (mvisser) - Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 06:35 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 17:39 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

'consolefont' hook in mkinitcpio doesn't work

Additional info:
* package version(s): 0.7.5-1

Steps to reproduce:

1. Change CONSOLEFONT in rc.conf
2. add 'consolefont' hook in mkinitcpio.conf
3. reboot

Fix:

See attached patch. Basically, the binary program used to set the font was not included.
   setfont.patch (0.3 KiB)
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Closed by  Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 17:39 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 13:55 GMT
No, setfont is very much included. It's part of busybox and a symlink to busybox is created when rdinit first runs. We've done this for as long as we've been using busybox in mkinitcpio, and it's always worked.
Comment by Matthew Visser (mvisser) - Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 17:15 GMT
My appologies. For some reason adding the setfont binary seemed to fix it for me, but looking into it further it seems like when my graphics driver loads, it sets the font back. I put the graphics driver as a boot module and everything seems fine with font changing now. Sorry to cause trouble.

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