Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Switching to my chosen console font when the framebuffer console starts.

[cga2000 <cg...@op...>]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 03:20:26AM EDT, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, cga2000 wrote:

[..]

> > It looks like I need to:
> > 
> > 1. convert the .psf font to a text format (fontforge?)
> > 2. wrap it up in a .c file -- same as the other font*.c's
> > 3. signal this new font to "make menuconfig" so it gets compiled in
> > 4. make it the default startup font
> > 
> > Am I correct?
> 
> Yes.

Nice to know I still guess right most of the time.

Devil's in the details, though.

> > Item (4) seems to be the tricky part since I have no recollection of
> > every being asked what default font I would prefer when I configure a
> > kernel.

> The kernel has some heuristics to find a good font.  There's also
> `fbcon=font:...' (cfr. Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt).  And if you build
> in only one font, it'll be chosen for sure ;-)

I will look into this ASAP.

As an aside it's interesting to note that while googling I found
practically no information regarding switching fonts at boot time (a
feature that looks at least marginally useful) and yet at the same time
and though I was not looking for any information on the subject, I ran
into many rather well-written and well-documented articles, mini-howtos,
etc. that explained how you could set up your kernel to display a
"bootsplash" screen instead of your boot messages.

Thanks, 
cga