Re: [arch-general] Configure a console font without initrd

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Rodrigo Rivas wrote:

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:34 PM, wrote:

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Hello.

I set `KEYMAP' and `FONT' in `/etc/vconsole.conf'. `sudo /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup' works. But how can I use it after `reboot'?

`mkinitcpio.conf' is not an option because I don't use initrd. I tried to add the above line to `/etc/rc.local', but it did not work.

But independently of using initrd or not, `systemd-vconsole-setup` is run by the service `systemd-vconsole-setup.service`, which in turn is WantedBy `sysinit.target`. So all should be automatic...

Can you show us the output of $ systemctl status systemd-vconsole-setup.service and $ systemctl show systemd-vconsole-setup.service ?

Regards -- Rodrigo

If the video driver is loaded after the vconsole has been set up, the new console won't inherit the settings. So the only proper solutions are either loading the driver in the initrd or building it into the kernel.