Virtual console font on 4k screens is too small
Bug #1754861 reported by
rambolino
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elementary OS |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
(This is probably something that the installer should take care of)
I have a laptop with a 4k (3840x2160) screen, and even if I spend 99% of the time in the Pantheon desktop environment there are times when I need to switch to a virtual console by pressing CTRL+ALT+[1-6]. Problem: on Loki, the virtual console is basically unusable out of the box since the font in the console is so small that the text becomes unreadable.
Proposed solution: if the installer detects a 4k screen, it should run "dpkg-reconfigure console-setup" behind the scenes (or in another way produce the same configuration) in order to setup the console font so that it becomes usable.
| affects: | gala → base-installer |
| affects: | base-installer → elementaryos |
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| Mike Strobel (mike-strobel) wrote | #1 |
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Had the same experience. Though it wasn't difficult to find instructions to change the console font, it would have been nice if an appropriate font had been chosen automatically during install.
It would be even better if that font selection were automatically applied to the grub bootloader as well. With the standard font, I had to move my face within a few inches of the screen and squint to read the boot menu. First world problems, I suppose :).