From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JOB3m-0003tW-Tv for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:13:26 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOB3l-0003tB-Mn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:13:25 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOB3k-0003sf-71 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:13:25 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOB3k-0003sX-31 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:13:24 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOB3j-0003AG-R7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:13:24 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JOB3h-0002pB-BT for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:13:23 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JOB1n-0000Y5-Go for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:11:23 +0100 Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:11:23 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080210121123.GC1828@thorin> References: <47AE1ABA.4020703@nic.fi> <20080209220640.GB25086@thorin> <1202598091.2418.3.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1202598091.2418.3.camel@dv> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [patch] more descriptive unknown glyph picture X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:13:25 -0000 On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:01:31PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 23:06 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > > I think using system fonts is fine. Current update-grub has logic to detect > > them, and enable them when present. It checks (via grub-probe) that GRUB will > > be able to read them before doing so. Additionaly, the grub.cfg it generates > > will instruct GRUB to fallback sanely to console when fonts aren't readable. > > You probably misunderstand. System fonts are located in BIOS. I think > it might also be possible to read them back from a VGA compatible card. Sorry, I wasn't very explicit. When I said system fonts I meant e.g. unicode.pff. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)