Arch Linux

Description:
I switched my mkinitcpio.conf to use systemd, and sd-vconsole hook failed to set my console font. This is important on hidpi screens for encryption unlock prompts to be legible.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
mkinitcpio 21-1
systemd 231-4

* config and/or log files etc.
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
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HOOKS="base systemd autodetect modconf block keyboard sd-vconsole sd-encrypt sd-lvm2 filesystems fsck sd-shutdown"
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/etc/vconsole.conf
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KEYMAP=us
FONT=ter-132n
FONT_MAP=8859-1
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journalctl -xb -1
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Oct 20 21:30:43 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console...
-- Subject: Unit systemd-vconsole-setup.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit systemd-vconsole-setup.service has begun starting up.
Oct 20 21:30:43 localhost systemd-vconsole-setup[209]: mapscrn: cannot open map file _8859-1_
Oct 20 21:30:43 localhost systemd-vconsole-setup[209]: /usr/bin/setfont failed with error code 1.
Oct 20 21:30:43 localhost systemd[1]: systemd-vconsole-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 20 21:30:43 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start Setup Virtual Console.
-- Subject: Unit systemd-vconsole-setup.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit systemd-vconsole-setup.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Oct 20 21:30:43 localhost systemd[1]: systemd-vconsole-setup.service: Unit entered failed state.
Oct 20 21:30:43 localhost systemd[1]: systemd-vconsole-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
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Steps to reproduce
* Set FONT_MAP in /etc/vconsole.conf
* Use sd-vconsole in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf hooks
* Rerun mkinitcpio -p ...
* Reboot
* Console font will not be set

And here's how I fixed this:
* Copy /usr/lib/initcpio/install/sd-vconsole to /etc/initcpio/install/
* Edit /etc/initcpio/install/sd-vconsole, adding the following to build():
if [[ $FONT_MAP ]]; then
# I'm sure this is too narrow
file="/usr/share/kbd/consoletrans/${FONT_MAP}_to_uni.trans"
get_decompressor "$file"
add_dir "${of%/*}"
$cat "$file" > "$BUILDROOT/$of"
fi
* Rerun mkinitcpio -p ...
* Reboot
* Console font is set