FS#47466 - [mkinitcpio] consolefonts ignored if plymouth hook is used

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Justin Dray (justin8) - Sunday, 20 December 2015, 23:43 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 21 December 2015, 16:08 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: Console fonts are not set if plymouth is also used


Additional info:
* package version(s):
mkinicpio 18-2
plymouth 0.9.2-8
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
In /etc/mkinitcpio.conf have the following hookts:
HOOKS="base udev resume plymouth autodetect consolefont modconf block plymouth-encrypt filesystems keyboard fsck"

Unless escape is pressed to view the console during plymouth, consolefonts is ignored. This also means that changing from a display manager to a TTY later has no fonts set; no HiDPI screens this makes it almost unreadable.
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Monday, 21 December 2015, 16:08 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Plymouth is unsupported
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 21 December 2015, 04:26 GMT
Sounds like the plymouth hook is the problem, and it's not in the repos.
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Monday, 21 December 2015, 12:21 GMT
You consolefonts aren't ignored by mkinitcpio, but Plymouth takes over your TTY and then resets it. There's not much mkinitcpio can do about this. Set your fonts in the real root, not in early userspace.

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