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Bug 26278 - comments in rc.conf about $CONSOLEFONT are wrong
Summary: comments in rc.conf about $CONSOLEFONT are wrong
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2003-08-09 09:59 UTC by SpanKY
Modified: 2003-08-10 14:30 UTC (History)
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Description SpanKY gentoo-dev 2003-08-09 09:59:44 UTC 
in rc.conf it reads that if you wish to use the default console font, just comment out the line CONSOLEFONT="blah" ...  however, the consolefont script performs this check: if [ -n "$CONSOLEFONT" ] ; then     <setup the console font and do other stuff> else     eerror "You must setup $CONSOLEFONT" fi  imo, if you want the default console font, that does not constitute an error ... so the fix is to either update rc.conf to say 'rc-update del consolefont in order to use the default consolefont' or update the consolefont script to not do 'eerror' but rather say: einfo 'Using the default console font' personally, i'd prefer if the consolefont script changes, that way i dont have to mess around with rc-update ...
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2003-08-09 15:44:35 UTC 
in rc.conf it reads that if you wish to use the default console font, just comment out the line CONSOLEFONT="blah" ...
however, the consolefont script performs this check:
if [ -n "$CONSOLEFONT" ] ; then
    <setup the console font and do other stuff>
else
    eerror "You must setup $CONSOLEFONT"
fi

imo, if you want the default console font, that does not constitute an error ... so the fix is to either update rc.conf to say 'rc-update del consolefont in order to use the default consolefont' or update the consolefont script to not do 'eerror' but rather say:
einfo 'Using the default console font'
personally, i'd prefer if the consolefont script changes, that way i dont have to mess around with rc-update ...
Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-08-10 14:30:48 UTC 
Fixed in CVS, thanks.