From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21123 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 15:36:58 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 15:36:58 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CayRW-0007rv-Fi for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:36:58 +0000 Received: (qmail 5508 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 15:36:42 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 13617 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 15:36:42 +0000 Message-ID: <41B32B64.8080601@helsinki.fi> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 16:38:12 +0100 From: Kristian Niemi User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20041108) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <41B1916B.8010307@helsinki.fi> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE3B79946E039EF5FF7966CBF" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strange consolefont error X-Archives-Salt: 6c7bfbac-bc66-4e78-b533-9d535d2dc008 X-Archives-Hash: 5b34ef5f836d17235f6b0bde98be3e2e --------------enigE3B79946E039EF5FF7966CBF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks for the tip. Sounds plausible that it's related to the framebuffer -- but it still seems quite strange that it doesn't happen every time. I don't know how to reiplicate the behaviour every time. That said, the `weirdness' might be due to a framebuffer bug, not a consolefont-one (i.e. the script `consolefont')? Out of curiosity, what video card do you have? I have a ATI Radeon 7500 Mobile. When it does work, I haven't changed anything in my systems setup. I'm not using the default console-font, since I want to be able to use/see the scandinavian characters (едц). (So everytime I get the PIO_FONT I can't use the scand. char. -- that is, not before I've restarted consolefont.) Kristian Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > Kristian Niemi wrote: > > >>Every now and then I get the following error on bootup: >>putfont: PIO_FONT: Invalid argument >>In effect, (/etc/init.d/)consolefont fails to start properly. I have to >>restart it manually -- and if I do, it works just fine (i.e. it changes >>the font). > > > I noticed the same thing. It either has always happened for me, or it > started when I started adding the framebuffer stuff. I worked around it by > using the default console font. Do this by commenting out the CONSOLEFONT > line in rc.conf. > > I suspect that it has something to do with the framebuffer console drivers. > > --------------enigE3B79946E039EF5FF7966CBF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBsyt+mPIRVpjP/iQRAkfZAJ4rzRsi8+/30PwPJbhjCKk+HQkmagCeJep0 2TvKvxrFuQNPywixEJNWoR0= =oPQZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE3B79946E039EF5FF7966CBF--