Booting Kubuntu 7.10 using vga=10 console text resolution

[apronk]

Hi

Can somebody out there help me?

I've just done a clean install of Kubuntu 7.10. I want to change the console text to my favourite format: vga=10 (130x60 or so). With Kubuntu 6, I did this by setting the linux vga=10 option in grub and disabling the console-screen and console-setup init scripts.

I've done the same in Kubuntu 7.10 but it doesn't work. The kernel starts up in vga=10 mode but half way through the boot sequence, it changes to some insipid 29x80 ugly text mode (and wipes out the scrollback buffer). Maybe its something in the initrd?

Can anyone tell me how I can get my vga=10 text mode back? Preferably by inhibiting the switch during boot but failing that by saving the vga=10 font set in a file and switching to it later.

Thanks,
Adrian.

[apronk]

Re: Booting Kubuntu 7.10 using vga=10 console text resolution

I've figured it out. The console font is being set in one of the initrd scripts. So I just had to edit the intird. Here's how I did that:

Modify the initrd to also disable console-setup there:
Extract the initrd to a temporary directory (as root)

# mkdir /tmp/initrd
# cd /tmp/initrd
# gzip -cd < /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic | cpio -im

Edit the console-setup script:

# vi scripts/init-top/console-setup

(Remove any "consolechars", "setfont" and "console-setup" calls

Repackage the initrd file into the correct cpio format (and gzipped)

# gzip -cd < /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic | \
 cpio -t | cpio -o -c -H newc | \
 gzip > /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic--munged

Make a new grub menu entry referring to the modified initrd

# vi /boot/grub/menu.lst

[Snowhog]

Re: Booting Kubuntu 7.10 using vga=10 console text resolution

Great! Now, please go to your first post in this thread, click the modify button and add SOLVED to the subject line.