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use small font like the one from openfirmware?

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zhangweiwu at realss

Oct 1, 2008, 12:31 AM

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use small font like the one from openfirmware?

Hello. I am interested in using the font as small as the one
openfirmware uses (e.g. when displaying the menu for yaboot). I thought
it could be as easy as removing the fb driver of my video card (ATI
Radeon 7500) and removing CONFIG_FONT* from kernel config, because in
the past working with sparc workstations, if I do the above, the font of
sparc's "BIOS" is used.

but it have no effect, the kernel boots with a font as big as before,
all the effect I have is I lost the ability to switch back to console
after starting X (Ctrl+Alt+F1 brings a blank screen).

Is it possible to use that small font for console?

Thanks.

zhangweiwu at realss

Oct 1, 2008, 12:51 AM

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Re: use small font like the one from openfirmware? [In reply to]

Zhang Weiwu wrote:
> Hello. I am interested in using the font as small as the one
> openfirmware uses (e.g. when displaying the menu for yaboot).
> Is it possible to use that small font for console?
>
After some experiment I think I can answer my own question now.

put the following in kernel config:

CONFIG_FONT_6x11=y

and remove all other fonts.

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