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sukolyn

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Registered: 2020-01-18

Posts: 19

[solved] console font Terminus ter-112n doesn't set

hi,

I'm very glad to be able to install Arch on an HP T5455.

but  ter-112n.psf.gz font doesn't set automatically at boot.

here's what journalctl says :

# journalctl | grep [fF]ail
janv. 18 00:28:53 archlinux systemd-vconsole-setup[183]: /usr/bin/setfont failed with exit status 66.
janv. 18 00:28:53 archlinux systemd-vconsole-setup[183]: Setting source virtual console failed, ignoring remaining ones
janv. 18 00:28:53 archlinux systemd-udevd[182]: vtcon0: Process '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup' failed with exit code 1.
janv. 18 00:29:08 thinArch32 systemd-vconsole-setup[279]: /usr/bin/setfont failed with exit status 65.
janv. 18 00:29:08 thinArch32 systemd-vconsole-setup[279]: Setting source virtual console failed, ignoring remaining ones
janv. 18 00:29:08 thinArch32 systemd-udevd[264]: vtcon0: Process '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup' failed with exit code 1.
janv. 18 00:29:10 thinArch32 systemd-vconsole-setup[303]: /usr/bin/setfont failed with exit status 65.
janv. 18 00:29:10 thinArch32 systemd-vconsole-setup[303]: Setting source virtual console failed, ignoring remaining ones
janv. 18 00:29:10 thinArch32 systemd-udevd[262]: vtcon1: Process '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup' failed with exit code 1.

/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz does exist.

I already stfw, without solving the trouble.
I configured  grub gfxpayload to fit my screen.
I added

vconsole.font=/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf.gz

still no ter-112n until I setfont manually.

any idea ?

at least, what could be an equivalent : a sans serif 12 pixels font that will work.

Last edited by sukolyn (2020-01-18 18:32:37)

abaumann

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From: Zurich

Registered: 2019-11-14

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Re: [solved] console font Terminus ter-112n doesn't set

There might be the same bug at work as for keyboard layouts, just uncompress ter-112n.psf.gz
und try to use the uncompressed one.

sukolyn

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Registered: 2020-01-18

Posts: 19

Re: [solved] console font Terminus ter-112n doesn't set

this works with uncompressed file.

thank you.

Niilismo

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Registered: 2020-02-02

Posts: 1

Re: [solved] console font Terminus ter-112n doesn't set

I was having a similar issue, where my virtual console keymap was not being set at boot despite my /etc/vconsole.conf being properly configured. I can confirm that uncompressing the corresponding keymap file solved the issue.

I stumbled onto a different way of solving it, though. Adding the 'keymap' module to my /etc/mkinitcpio.conf (mentioned here) and regenerating the initramfs got my keyboard layout to correctly get set at boot, even after I removed the previously mentioned uncompressed keymap file. I tried with the sd-vconsole module first, but that didn't work. I imagine the consolefont module would solve OP's issue.