From 19afc4e8d3266c1a9c532d360071c171094bee9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Burgess Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 14:38:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added note that kernel doesn't set the screen font automatically when in maintenance mode (Alexander Patrakov) git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3826 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter01/changelog.xml | 4 ++++ chapter07/console.xml | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index b77b999b2..f592562da 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log. +June 20, 2004 [matt]: chapter07 - console. Add a note regarding +the screen font not being set automatically when the console script isn't run. +(Alexander Patrakov) + June 20, 2004 [matt]: chapter03 - packages. Point people at the FTP mirrors and GnuPG. diff --git a/chapter07/console.xml b/chapter07/console.xml index 0c0d6fd8f..04b85354d 100644 --- a/chapter07/console.xml +++ b/chapter07/console.xml @@ -95,8 +95,12 @@ EOF setting it every time from the console bootscript, then instructions are given in . Doing this ensures that your keyboard will always work as expected, even when you boot into -maintenance mode (by passing init=/bin/sh to the kernel), as in that -situation, the console bootscript won't be run. +maintenance mode (by passing init=/bin/sh to the kernel), +as in that situation, the console bootscript won't be run. +Additionally, the kernel will not set the screen font automatically. Again, +this shouldn't pose too many problems as ASCII characters will still be handled +correctly, and it is unlikely that you would need to rely on non-ASCII +characters whilst in maintenance mode. Since the kernel will set up the keymap, you can omit the KEYMAP variable from the /etc/sysconfig/console configuration file. If you