Re: Console fonts SOLVED :-)

2017-05-07 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, May 07, 2017 08:54:26 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, May 07, 2017 08:49:13 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > ATM, I don't plan to try googling for them, but, having said that, after > > I send this, I just might do that, as my curiosity is re-aroused. If I > > come across some

Re: Console fonts SOLVED :-)

2017-05-07 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, May 07, 2017 08:49:13 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > ATM, I don't plan to try googling for them, but, having said that, after I > send this, I just might do that, as my curiosity is re-aroused. If I come > across something, soon or further in the future, I'll try to post it here. Oh, t

Re: Console fonts SOLVED :-)

2017-05-07 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, May 07, 2017 06:23:00 AM GiaThnYgeia wrote: > That is great news > I am now wondering instead of 7-10" screens if there is a tiny battery > powered projector out there that you can use with it, as my tired old > eyes find even my 21" tiring :) Well, I've never had one, but I have seen

Re: Console fonts SOLVED :-)

2017-05-07 Thread GiaThnYgeia
That is great news I am now wondering instead of 7-10" screens if there is a tiny battery powered projector out there that you can use with it, as my tired old eyes find even my 21" tiring :) Now debian can add udoo to their architecture list from 9 onwards. 2 thumbs up Larry Dighera: > I gave u

Re: Console fonts

2017-05-03 Thread David Wright
On Wed 03 May 2017 at 10:08:42 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > On Tue, 2 May 2017 20:22:01 -0500, David Wright > wrote: > >On Tue 02 May 2017 at 12:20:01 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > > > >> Yes. It's a new single-board computer platform that began shipping ~April > >> 14, 2017. I can persona

Re: Console fonts

2017-05-03 Thread David Wright
On Wed 03 May 2017 at 09:31:37 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > On Tue, 2 May 2017 18:46:34 -0500, David Wright > wrote: > >On Tue 02 May 2017 at 12:20:01 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > >> Release-critical bugs status > >> > >> Tue May 2 17:00:00 UTC 2017 > >> > >> Total number of release-criti

Re: Console fonts

2017-05-03 Thread Felix Miata
Larry Dighera composed on 2017-05-03 10:08 (UTC-0700): ... > I believe this may have been where I saw the mention of Debian on the Udoo > X86 platform: http://www.udoo.org/docs-x86/Software_&_OS_Distro/Linux.html Quoting from there: "Heads up! The processors of the UDOO X86 and the Wi-Fi/BT modul

Re: Console fonts

2017-05-03 Thread Larry Dighera
On Tue, 2 May 2017 20:22:01 -0500, David Wright wrote: >On Tue 02 May 2017 at 12:20:01 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > >> Yes. It's a new single-board computer platform that began shipping ~April >> 14, 2017. I can personally confirm that Tails Linux X11 runs fine on this >> platform, and the m

Re: Console fonts

2017-05-03 Thread Larry Dighera
On Tue, 2 May 2017 18:46:34 -0500, David Wright wrote: >On Tue 02 May 2017 at 12:20:01 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:34:14 -0400, Felix Miata >> wrote: >> > >> >Even if OP can get the ttys working to his liking, I still think it's very >> >likely a lost cause trying to

Re: Console fonts

2017-05-02 Thread David Wright
On Tue 02 May 2017 at 12:20:01 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > Yes. It's a new single-board computer platform that began shipping ~April > 14, 2017. I can personally confirm that Tails Linux X11 runs fine on this > platform, and the manufacturer (Udoo) claims to have successfully installed > Deb

Re: Console fonts

2017-05-02 Thread David Wright
On Tue 02 May 2017 at 12:20:01 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:34:14 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > > >Even if OP can get the ttys working to his liking, I still think it's very > >likely a lost cause trying to use Jessie on his hardware. Stretch is very > >near > >ready to

Re: Console fonts

2017-05-02 Thread Felix Miata
Larry Dighera composed on 2017-05-02 12:20 (UTC-0700): ... >>Possibly Grub could be reconfigured to make a >>lesser mode like 1440x900 or less explicit. > I'm willing to edit grub, if you're willing to provide specific > instructions. Unfortunately, my Unix experience predates grub (AT&T Unix >

Re: Console fonts

2017-05-02 Thread Larry Dighera
Hello Felix, Thank you for your informative response to my issue. My comments in-line below: On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:34:14 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >Larry Dighera composed on 2017-04-30 16:40 (UTC-0700): >[...] >Previously, in OP https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00534.html : >

Re: Console fonts, was Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

2017-05-01 Thread David Wright
On Sun 30 Apr 2017 at 16:40:49 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > > Hello David, > > Thank you very much for taking the time to educate me about this display > issue. > > My comments in-line below: > > > On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:19:47 -0500, David Wright > wrote: > > >On Sun 23 Apr 2017 at 18:55:

Re: Console fonts

2017-04-30 Thread Felix Miata
Larry Dighera composed on 2017-04-30 16:40 (UTC-0700): [...] Previously, in OP https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00534.html : http://www.udoo.org/ *** Without anything there indicating date of release, that URI strongly suggests to me nevertheless that his hardware is newer t

Re: Console fonts, was Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

2017-04-30 Thread Larry Dighera
Hello David, Thank you very much for taking the time to educate me about this display issue. My comments in-line below: On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:19:47 -0500, David Wright wrote: >On Sun 23 Apr 2017 at 18:55:03 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > >> I'd like to have more lines/rows and columns on t

Re: console fonts and systemd (was ... Re: What can AppArmor do?)

2016-06-08 Thread David Wright
On Mon 06 Jun 2016 at 16:52:30 (+1200), cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 09:16:23AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > And here's my observation. When you type real quotation marks (ie ‘’“”), > > the correct glyphs appear on the screen. After changing font, those > > glyphs t

Re: console fonts and systemd (was ... Re: What can AppArmor do?)

2016-06-05 Thread cbannister
On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 09:16:23AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > And here's my observation. When you type real quotation marks (ie ‘’“”), > the correct glyphs appear on the screen. After changing font, those > glyphs turn into different glyphs, but freshly typed quotation marks > appear with the cor

Re: console fonts and systemd (was ... Re: What can AppArmor do?)

2016-06-05 Thread David Wright
Nowadays I use console-setup (specifically /etc/default/console-setup) to set up my default console font (with alternatives commented out in that file so I don't have to look them up). However, to change fonts on the fly, I use setfont which has the advantage that you can have different fonts on d

Re: console fonts and systemd (was ... Re: What can AppArmor do?)

2016-05-25 Thread David Wright
On Wed 25 May 2016 at 08:04:27 (+1200), cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 03:20:32PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 24 May 2016 at 01:13:34 (+1200), cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > > > On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 11:11:27AM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > > > >

Re: Console Fonts and Keymaps

2004-06-26 Thread Sam Halliday
hi there, > while i was trying to set up my keyboard's map by hand (which is a new mac > layout), i suddenly became very confused with how debian handles standards > compliant console fonts. grrr... sorry i missed the "if you are using a framebuffer, make sure you apply this to all the virtual ter

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread George Georgalis
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 05:51:41PM +, Colin Watson wrote: >On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:46:55AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: >> Have you done it? I've tried single / double quotes and "\ " to no >> avail... but I am setting a variable ($fn) and using -fn $fn on the >> command line (in a script)

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread Jacob S .
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:46:55 -0500 George Georgalis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:21:11PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:06:06PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: > >> Hi, another question on the same topic... > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:46:55AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: > Have you done it? I've tried single / double quotes and "\ " to no > avail... but I am setting a variable ($fn) and using -fn $fn on the > command line (in a script). maybe that's my problem? Word splitting happens after parameter

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread Steve Lamb
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:46:55 -0500 George Georgalis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you done it? I've tried single / double quotes and "\ " to no > avail... but I am setting a variable ($fn) and using -fn $fn on the > command line (in a script). maybe that's my problem? {grey@teleute:~} rxvt -fn

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread George Georgalis
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:21:11PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: >On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:06:06PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: >> Hi, another question on the same topic... >> >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02:32:49PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: >> >> >What are you using as a font name? You ju

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-12 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:40:45 -0600 Jacob S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried everything from console fonts (/usr/share/consolefonts) > to Type1. I've done an apt-cache search and I don't see any font > packages specifically for rxvt. Does anyone have any suggestions as to > what I'm missing?

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-11 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:06:06PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: > Hi, another question on the same topic... > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02:32:49PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: > > >What are you using as a font name? You just use any font that X > >recognizes (use xfontsel to get the font-nam

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-11 Thread George Georgalis
Hi, another question on the same topic... On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02:32:49PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: >What are you using as a font name? You just use any font that X >recognizes (use xfontsel to get the font-name). With aterm, i use the How does one specify the font: -jmk-neep alt-mediu

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-11 Thread Jacob S .
Thanks, Cameron. That did the trick. I was actually trying variations such as "rxvt -fn /usr/share/truetype/courier.ttf" I'll keep xfontsel in mind for future reference. Thanks again, Jacob On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:32:49 -0700 Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > What are you

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-11 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, What are you using as a font name? You just use any font that X recognizes (use xfontsel to get the font-name). With aterm, i use the font "-ormaxx-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*". I'm guessing you were just trying something like -fn "courier"? xfontsel will be your friend. Good luck, Cameron

Re: Console Fonts

2001-09-01 Thread Greg Buchanan
Rob Waggoner wrote: > > Which package do I need to investigate to do to a linux console what mode > con:lines=50 did for a dos console? > > Thanks! > > Rob Waggoner > Master Applications Craftsman > WAGGS > Web based Advanced Graphics and Graphing Solutions > http://www.waggs.net > "Applying Old

Re: Console Fonts

2001-09-01 Thread Shaul Karl
> Which package do I need to investigate to do to a linux console what mode > con:lines=50 did for a dos console? > > Thanks! > [02:49:46 tmp]$ stty size 24 80 [02:50:23 tmp]$ stty --help | grep -A12 'Special settings:' Special settings: N set the input and output speeds to N bau

Re: Console Fonts

2001-09-01 Thread Dave Thayer
On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 09:15:52AM -0600, Rob Waggoner wrote: > Which package do I need to investigate to do to a linux console what mode > con:lines=50 did for a dos console? If you want it to be set this way when you reboot and not change later, the easiest thing to do is put ``vga=ext'' in you