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From: Ant on 5 Jun 2010 10:03
On 6/4/2010 7:32 AM PT, Ant typed:

> In alt.os.debian J G Miller <miller(a)yoyo.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:47:05 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> >
> > > "To reset the console font back to what it was before, you just run
> > > dpkg-reconfigure console-setup and then choose "VGA" as your console
> > > font."
>
> > This changes the entry for FONTFACE in /etc/default/console-setup.
>
> > Take a look at that file should you wish to make the change directly,
> > and to see what else can be configured for console-setup.
>
> I rebooted today after almost a month of uptime to upgrade my old
> Debian's Kernel v2.6.32-4-686 to v2.6.32-5-686. Now, I see my fonts are
> tiny with more areas to show.
>
> I tried the above suggestions, but they did not work. Am I missing
> something?

OK, I think I got it working. According to NVIDIA's Danix forum thread
(http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2263528) replies,
Debian's Kernel 2.6.32-5 has Nouveau. It is conflicting NVIDIA driver
compilations and setting my text console changes. Hence, why others and
I could not change anything and compile any NVIDIA drivers.

How annoying. Is there a reason why Debian enabled Nouveau?
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From: Ant on 5 Jun 2010 10:02
On 6/4/2010 7:26 AM PT, Ant typed:

> On 10/3/2009 2:03 PM PT, Ant typed:
>
>>>> I haven't rebooted it yet to check the settings out. I will later.
>>>
>>> You should not need to reboot to reset the console fonts or properties.
>>>
>>> Just try running "/etc/init.d/console-setup start"
>>
>> Even better (no reboot). Heh, I had to run command this outside of X and
>> not via ssh (thought it would take changes right away when I checked on
>> my local console). ;) Now, it looks better. I did see the font
>> differences since it was changed in real-time on screen. It is basically
>> the same for widths and heights. Font was just different for being thin
>> vs. bolded. I like bold (old school). ;)
>
> Weird, I rebooted today and saw my tiny fonts and more characters on
> screen. Also, this trick doesn't work anymore. :(

OK, I think I got it working. According to NVIDIA's Danix forum thread
(http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2263528) replies,
Debian's Kernel 2.6.32-5 has Nouveau. It is conflicting NVIDIA driver
compilations and setting my text console changes. Hence, why others and
I could not change anything and compile any NVIDIA drivers.

How annoying. Is there a reason why Debian enabled Nouveau?
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