On 11/24/2016 01:04 AM, L. A. Walsh wrote:
But the kernel still will set its idea of some mode to support different 'fonts'. It's also true that by default, 80x25 is too few lines for me. So I resize to about 100+ x 43... I say 100-plus because I don't remember the exact width, but its about 43 lines tall.
don't know how Grub2 works WRT initializing video mode because I don't use it. Same for Lilo. But with Grub, I notice only one mode switch during boot, and that resultant mode remains on the vttys as long as the boot lasts.
Hmmm....
As for my "hmmm"... In my /boot/grib2/grub.cfg there is a stanza that reads if loadfont $font ; then set gfxmode=1280x1024 load_video insmod gfxterm set locale_dir=$prefix/locale set lang=POSIX insmod gettext fi The "set gfxmode=1280x1024" I edited in manually to match my physical screen. It seems pointless to me to d anything unless you've set that. As I mentioned before, and please don't depreciate it again, I make sure that there is a value set for $font, one of /boot/grib2/font/*.pf2 That determines the font size to fit. As others have pointed out, once set in boot its going to stay there unless you have code elsewhere that changes it. Yes "as long as boot lasts" and then it stays that way on the vttys for me because I don't have anything that changes as things move and the "login:" prompt appears. I imagine its possible that the systemd process that start up the login process could make an alternation. # systemctl status systemd-logind.service systemd-logind.service - Login Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-logind.service; static) Active: active (running) since Thu 2016-11-24 06:43:57 EST; 11h ago Docs: man:systemd-logind.service(8) man:logind.conf(5) http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat Main PID: 1434 (systemd-logind) Status: "Processing requests..." CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-logind.service └─1434 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind You might also consider making use of the 'bootchart' facility to see 'under the hood', what else boot is doing. You'll need to turn on the option for short-lived processes. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org