[arch-general] Console font not working anymore

[Patrick Burroughs]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:34 AM, "Jérôme M. Berger" <jeberger at free.fr> wrote:
> Second issue: when I activate the framebuffer with some default
> resolution (say 1024x768 vga=773), the font is set properly, but it
> is not kept: a few seconds after setting the font, the screen
> resolution changes and the font goes back to the default. Once the
> computer has finished booting, if I log in as root, source
> /etc/rc.conf and /etc/rc.d/functions, then call set_consolefont
> manually, the console fonts are set properly and kept until I reboot.

The framebuffer is reset because KMS is enabled. I would remove any
'vga' line from your config and try enabling early KMS in your
initcpio: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_Mode_Setting#Early_KMS_start

~Celti