Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2

From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net>
To: The development of GNU GRUB <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 23:02:37 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADO5Rbg7yp34JWdyz1+NoAr0Z2HO9EUTYs1Dr9ieFc-06pH4zw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADO5Rbi_0sC33nSfohfFFALRVHPoftPmNx7FAbtWmSwoxiYoUw@mail.gmail.com>

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DR
 On Feb 5, 2013 10:18 AM, "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net> wrote:

> I understand that Chris typed the wrong directory.  Instead of mis it
> should have been misc.
>
> I also found I did not have the package unifont installed.
>
> I installed unifont, and now I have the file in the misc folder:
>
>  locate unifont.pcf.gz
> /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/unifont.pcf.gz
>
> However when I run this command I receive an error that I cannot generate
> 24x24 font size.
>
> # grub-mkfont -s 24 -o unicode.pf2 /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/unifont.pcf.gz
> grub-mkfont: error: can't set 24x24 font size.
>
> Do I need a package to generate these font sizes, if so, which ones?
>
> Thanks,
>
> DR
>
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:10 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea@arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> I understand now.  The config files are up to the Distibution.
>>
>> I tried what you advised, Chris, but I have no such directory:
>>
>>  ls /usr/share/fonts/X11/
>> 100dpi/    75dpi/     encodings/ misc/      Type1/     util/
>>
>> So the command:
>>
>>
>> grub-mkfont -s 24 -o unicode.pf2 /usr/share/fonts/X11/mis/unifont.pcf.gz
>>
>> fails on me.
>> # can't open file /usr/share/fonts/X11/mis/unifont.pcf.gz, index 0: error
>> 1: cannot open resource
>>
>> Furthermore, I have no such file unifont.pcf.gz on the system.
>>
>> Can you be of further help, I very much appreciate your help.
>>
>> David J. Ring, Jr.
>>
>> =30=
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:36 AM, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <
>> phcoder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 05.02.2013 06:32, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > On Feb 4, 2013, at 9:35 PM, "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hello everyone,
>>> >>
>>> >> I thought I'd post here as my post is not exactly help, but that also
>>> will be welcome.
>>> >>
>>> >> Prior to GRUB2 it was quite easy to change virtual console resolution.
>>> >>
>>> >> There are some of us who still use console without  X windows.  One
>>> such group is older persons who cannot see at anything except 640x480
>>> resolution.
>>> >
>>> > Well technically that's a terrible resolution for reading due to
>>> pixelization. The better way to deal with this is setting a larger font
>>> size for the higher resolution of the display. I can't even think of any
>>> laptop or desktop LCD's with a native resolution of 640x480. So to force it
>>> to a lower, and thus non-native resolution, makes the problem worse.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Agreed. To increase font size regenerate unicode.pf2 using grub-mkfont
>>> with appropriate -s option. E.g.
>>> grub-mkfont -s 24 -o unicode.pf2 /usr/share/fonts/X11/mis/unifont.pcf.gz
>>>
>>> Put resulting file in /boot/grub/unicode_24.pf2 and add
>>> GRUB_FONT_PATH=/boot/grub/unicode_24.pf2
>>> to /etc/default/grub
>>>
>>> > Chris Murphy
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> > Grub-devel mailing list
>>> > Grub-devel@gnu.org
>>> > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>> Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
>>>
>>>
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>>
>

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