From: Geert U. <ge...@li...> - 2001-08-20 13:10:38
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Adam J. Richter wrote: > >> = Geert Uytterhoeven > > = James Simmons > > >> What's wrong with the ancient console ioctl()s to change the font at runtine? > >> (damned, I can't remember the name of the command) > > > >Their is a bunch of them but the one mosted used is KD_FONT_OP_*. Look at > >linux/kd.h for more details. The nice bonus about this is that it is > >driver independent. > > Are there currently GPL-compatible utilities written that > can load the fonts this way? Are the specific fonts that are in the stock Yes, setfont in console-tools (not sure about GPL, may be a different license). > kernel tree in linux/drivers/video/font_*.c available in this format? I don't think so. Fonts are in /usr/share/consolefonts/ on my (Debian) system. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- ge...@li... In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds |