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    From Gilberto F da Silva@2:250/1 to All on Wed Apr 23 21:13:17 2025

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    How to change console fonts?

    I consulted ChatGPT about this. He suggested the following solution:

    Edit the file: /etc/vconsole.conf

    Add the line: FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16

    However, this did not work. When I restarted the computer, the font
    remained the same.

    - --

    Abraços

    Gilberto F da Silva
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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Wed Apr 23 23:38:11 2025
    On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:13:17 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

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    How to change console fonts?

    I consulted ChatGPT about this. He suggested the following solution:

    Edit the file: /etc/vconsole.conf

    Add the line: FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16

    However, this did not work. When I restarted the computer, the font
    remained the same.
    <snip>

    $ cat /etc/vconsole.conf
    FONT=lat0-16
    KEYMAP=us

    The kbd package is required and has the default fonts. The terminus-font is optional. The
    console-setup package is also optional, but as it is required by grub2, removing it will break
    systems that are not using refind to boot.

    # urpmf Lat2-Terminus32x16 | sort -u console-setup:/usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz

    Do you have the console-setup package installed?

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From Gilberto F da Silva@2:250/1 to All on Thu Apr 24 06:21:10 2025

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    Gilberto F da Silva escreveu:
    David W. Hodgins escreveu:
    On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:13:17 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva
    <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

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    How to change console fonts?

    I consulted ChatGPT about this. He suggested the following
    solution:

    Edit the file: /etc/vconsole.conf

    Add the line: FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16

    However, this did not work. When I restarted the computer, the
    font remained the same.
    <snip>

    $ cat /etc/vconsole.conf FONT=lat0-16 KEYMAP=us

    The kbd package is required and has the default fonts. The
    terminus-font is optional. The console-setup package is also
    optional, but as it is required by grub2, removing it will break
    systems that are not using refind to boot.

    # urpmf Lat2-Terminus32x16 | sort -u
    console-setup:/usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz

    Do you have the console-setup package installed?

    Thank you. You always answer my questions.

    Yes. It was already installed.

    $ cat /etc/vconsole.conf
    FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16
    KEYMAP=us-intl


    # urpmf Lat2-Terminus32x16 | sort -u console-setup:/usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz [root@localhost mageia9]#

    ChatGPT also suggested this:
    # systemctl restart systemd-vconsole-setup.service

    but...

    Job for systemd-vconsole-setup.service failed because the control
    process exited with error code.
    See "systemctl status systemd-vconsole-setup.service" and "journalctl
    -xeu systemd-vconsole-setup.service" for details.

    This command works but the change is not permanent.
    # setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz


    --

    Abraços

    Gilberto F da Silva



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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Thu Apr 24 17:24:29 2025
    On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 01:21:10 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

    Gilberto F da Silva escreveu:
    David W. Hodgins escreveu:
    On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:13:17 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva
    <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

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    How to change console fonts?

    I consulted ChatGPT about this. He suggested the following
    solution:

    Edit the file: /etc/vconsole.conf

    Add the line: FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16

    However, this did not work. When I restarted the computer, the
    font remained the same.
    <snip>

    $ cat /etc/vconsole.conf FONT=lat0-16 KEYMAP=us

    The kbd package is required and has the default fonts. The
    terminus-font is optional. The console-setup package is also
    optional, but as it is required by grub2, removing it will break
    systems that are not using refind to boot.

    # urpmf Lat2-Terminus32x16 | sort -u
    console-setup:/usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz

    Do you have the console-setup package installed?

    Thank you. You always answer my questions.

    Yes. It was already installed.

    $ cat /etc/vconsole.conf
    FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16
    KEYMAP=us-intl


    # urpmf Lat2-Terminus32x16 | sort -u
    console-setup:/usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz
    [root@localhost mageia9]#

    ChatGPT also suggested this:
    # systemctl restart systemd-vconsole-setup.service

    but...

    Job for systemd-vconsole-setup.service failed because the control
    process exited with error code.
    See "systemctl status systemd-vconsole-setup.service" and "journalctl
    -xeu systemd-vconsole-setup.service" for details.

    This command works but the change is not permanent.
    # setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz

    I wonder if vconsole is only looking in the /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/ directory.

    Try running as root,
    'ln -s /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/'

    If that fixes it, open a bug report to report the issue.

    If that does fix the issue, systemd should be changed so /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup
    looks in both directories, or the font packages should change which directories their files are in,
    or Mageia should add symlink setup for the files as part of the package installation.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From grimble@2:250/1 to All on Thu Apr 24 19:23:55 2025
    On 23/04/2025 21:13, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:
    How to change console fonts?

    I consulted ChatGPT about this. He suggested the following solution:

    Edit the file: /etc/vconsole.conf

    Add the line: FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16

    However, this did not work. When I restarted the computer, the font
    remained the same.

    With a console open, click on three horizontal bars, top right.
    Find Settings, click on Configure console. Click on a Profile and Edit.
    You have a choice of fonts and font sizes, among other things.
    --
    Grimble
    Registered Linux User #450547
    Machine 'mozart' running Plasma 5.27.10 on 6.6.83-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64

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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Fri Apr 25 01:55:59 2025
    On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:23:55 -0400, grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 23/04/2025 21:13, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:
    How to change console fonts?

    I consulted ChatGPT about this. He suggested the following solution:

    Edit the file: /etc/vconsole.conf

    Add the line: FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16

    However, this did not work. When I restarted the computer, the font
    remained the same.

    With a console open, click on three horizontal bars, top right.
    Find Settings, click on Configure console. Click on a Profile and Edit.
    You have a choice of fonts and font sizes, among other things.

    That's konsole, the kde terminal program. The console is what's shown if you boot to
    run level 3 (aka multi-user.target) or run level 1 (rescue.target), before starting the gui.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From Gilberto F da Silva@2:250/1 to All on Sat Apr 26 06:23:30 2025

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    David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 01:21:10 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva
    <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

    Gilberto F da Silva escreveu:
    David W. Hodgins escreveu:
    On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:13:17 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva
    <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

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    How to change console fonts?

    I consulted ChatGPT about this. He suggested the following
    solution:

    Edit the file: /etc/vconsole.conf

    Add the line: FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16

    However, this did not work. When I restarted the computer,
    the font remained the same.
    <snip>

    $ cat /etc/vconsole.conf FONT=lat0-16 KEYMAP=us

    The kbd package is required and has the default fonts. The
    terminus-font is optional. The console-setup package is also
    optional, but as it is required by grub2, removing it will
    break systems that are not using refind to boot.

    # urpmf Lat2-Terminus32x16 | sort -u
    console-setup:/usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz



    Do you have the console-setup package installed?

    Thank you. You always answer my questions.

    Yes. It was already installed.

    $ cat /etc/vconsole.conf FONT=Lat2-Terminus32x16
    KEYMAP=us-intl


    # urpmf Lat2-Terminus32x16 | sort -u
    console-setup:/usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz


    [root@localhost mageia9]#

    ChatGPT also suggested this: # systemctl restart
    systemd-vconsole-setup.service

    but...

    Job for systemd-vconsole-setup.service failed because the
    control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status
    systemd-vconsole-setup.service" and "journalctl -xeu
    systemd-vconsole-setup.service" for details.

    This command works but the change is not permanent. # setfont
    /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz

    I wonder if vconsole is only looking in the
    /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/ directory.

    Try running as root, 'ln -s
    /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-Terminus32x16.psf.gz /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/'

    If that fixes it, open a bug report to report the issue.

    If that does fix the issue, systemd should be changed so /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup looks in both directories,
    or the font packages should change which directories their files
    are in, or Mageia should add symlink setup for the files as part of
    the package installation.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

    I did this and booted in two different ways.

    1 - During boot I pressed the ESC key. This way the messages about
    what the kernel is doing appear. The message to enter the LUKS
    password appeared in text mode and with large glyphs, but to log in,
    the glyphs appeared in normal size.

    2 - I let the system boot, and typed the LUKS password in a text
    window in graphical mode. The letters to log in appeared large, but
    after logging in they returned to the default installation size.

    PS: I use text mode boot (systemctl set-default multi-user)
    - --

    Abraços

    Gilberto F da Silva
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