From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JOA0s-0001pX-Pe for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:06:22 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOA0q-0001le-Fh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:06:20 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOA0p-0001jq-4N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:06:19 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOA0o-0001jS-Rn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:06:18 -0500 Received: from pne-smtpout4-sn2.hy.skanova.net ([81.228.8.154]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOA0o-0002iw-FS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:06:18 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (88.193.32.97) by pne-smtpout4-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.3.129) id 478BE6630016A0CB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:05:53 +0100 Message-ID: <47AEDAAD.7040509@nic.fi> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:06:21 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vesa_J=E4=E4skel=E4inen?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <47AE1ABA.4020703@nic.fi> <20080209220640.GB25086@thorin> <1202598091.2418.3.camel@dv> In-Reply-To: <1202598091.2418.3.camel@dv> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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 11:06:21 -0000 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. This is what I was pointing to. But there are most likely systems where this font information is stored elsewhere. And actually VGA font sizes are usually too small for larger displays. (and so is ours)