Debian bug report logs - #1785 Default font. Package: kbd ; Reported by: Juho A Vuori . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Wed Nov 1 05:18:16 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0tAd3X-000EpcC; Wed, 1 Nov 95 05:18 PST Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA16666 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 1 Nov 1995 05:17:42 -0800 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0tAd3P-0007qJC; Wed, 1 Nov 95 13:18 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0tAd3G-0002XZC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 1 Nov 95 13:17 GMT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 1 Nov 95 13:17 GMT From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1785: Default font. Newsgroups: chiark.mail.debian.devel In-Reply-To: <199510311735.TAA10526@kruuna.helsinki.fi> References: <199510311735.TAA10526@kruuna.helsinki.fi> Juho A. Vuori writes ("Bug#1785: Default font."): > Package: kbd > Version: 0.90-3 > > This is not an actual bug, but in my opinion, it's not wise to have > default8x16 as the default font in /etc/rc.boot/console. Shouldn't it > rather be iso01.f16 in unix world? As I have reported several times before, /etc/rc.boot/console should *not* install *any* font by default. The effect of doing so is to screw up the console on some systems (eg mine). There is no need for it. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1785 ; Package kbd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cc.helsinki.fi!javuori Tue Oct 31 09:35:28 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0tAKau-000EN6C; Tue, 31 Oct 95 09:35 PST Received: from kruuna.Helsinki.FI by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03992 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 31 Oct 1995 09:34:56 -0800 Received: (javuori@localhost) by kruuna.helsinki.fi (8.6.12+Emil1.1/8.6.5) id TAA10526 for debian-bugs@pixar.com; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 19:35:19 +0200 From: Juho A Vuori Message-Id: <199510311735.TAA10526@kruuna.helsinki.fi> Subject: Default font. To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 19:35:18 +0200 (EET) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 204 Package: kbd Version: 0.90-3 This is not an actual bug, but in my opinion, it's not wise to have default8x16 as the default font in /etc/rc.boot/console. Shouldn't it rather be iso01.f16 in unix world? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Juho A Vuori : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1785 ; Package kbd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 13:43:03 GMT Wed 01 Nov