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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-06-20 14:38:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-06-20 14:38:21 +0000 |
| commit | 19afc4e8d3266c1a9c532d360071c171094bee9c (patch) | |
| tree | e8995c63c02f196d6caba697a6e1b413607cf449 | |
| parent | a942c0a2714f3579b07eba10add7ad631b9fb91a (diff) | |
Added note that kernel doesn't set the screen font automatically when in maintenance mode (Alexander Patrakov)
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3826 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/console.xml | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index b77b999b2..f592562da 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para> </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>June 20, 2004 [matt]: chapter07 - console. Add a note regarding +the screen font not being set automatically when the console script isn't run. +(Alexander Patrakov)</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>June 20, 2004 [matt]: chapter03 - packages. Point people at the FTP mirrors and GnuPG.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter07/console.xml b/chapter07/console.xml index 0c0d6fd8f..04b85354d 100644 --- a/chapter07/console.xml +++ b/chapter07/console.xml @@ -95,8 +95,12 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> setting it every time from the <command>console</command> bootscript, then instructions are given in <xref linkend="ch-bootable-kernel"/>. Doing this ensures that your keyboard will always work as expected, even when you boot into -maintenance mode (by passing <parameter>init=/bin/sh</parameter> to the kernel), as in that -situation, the <command>console</command> bootscript won't be run.</para> +maintenance mode (by passing <parameter>init=/bin/sh</parameter> to the kernel), +as in that situation, the <command>console</command> bootscript won't be run. +Additionally, the kernel will not set the screen font automatically. Again, +this shouldn't pose too many problems as ASCII characters will still be handled +correctly, and it is unlikely that you would need to rely on non-ASCII +characters whilst in maintenance mode.</para> <para>Since the kernel will set up the keymap, you can omit the KEYMAP variable from the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> configuration file. If you |