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| -rw-r--r-- | source/installer/ChangeLog.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S | 10 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt b/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt index 32e5a932c..f44c31041 100644 --- a/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt +++ b/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Tue Aug 15 19:15:38 UTC 2023 + Don't run rc.font unless a kernel command-line flag RCFONT is provided. + Legacy BIOS tends to get a correct sized font without it, as does recent + UEFI. Running it by default with a HiDPI screen can result in an + unreadably small font. ++--------------------------+ Tue Aug 1 09:09:59 UTC 2023 Added /usr/lib(64)/libatomic.so for 'lsusb' Thanks to William PC for the report. diff --git a/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S b/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S index 133a7bf3b..ce8c32d5c 100755 --- a/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S +++ b/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S @@ -182,8 +182,14 @@ rm -f /tmp/foo echo "Activating LVM volumes:" vgchange -ay -if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.font ]; then - /bin/sh /etc/rc.d/rc.font +# In testing here the results of running rc.font with HiDPI screens has been +# rather unpredicable, sometimes resulting in an unreadably small font rather +# than increasing the size. Let's skip it unless RCFONT is passed as a kernel +# command-line flag: +if cat /proc/cmdline | grep -wq RCFONT ; then + if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.font ]; then + /bin/sh /etc/rc.d/rc.font + fi fi # Don't automatically blank the screen, or it will go black during the install |