nb. to self. For VNC into to Ubuntu Could instances running with only a plain VGA interface (no framebuffer) it will also probably be necessary to patch 'vgasrc/vgafonts.c' in the 'seabios' package; this contains 8x8, 8x14 and 8x16 default fonts:
"These fonts come from ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/screen/fntcol16.zip * The package is (c) by Joseph Gil * The individual fonts are public domain"
nb. to self. For VNC into to Ubuntu Could instances running with only a plain VGA interface (no framebuffer) it will also probably be necessary to patch 'vgasrc/vgafonts.c' in the 'seabios' package; this contains 8x8, 8x14 and 8x16 default fonts:
"These fonts come from ftp://ftp. simtel. net/pub/ simtelnet/ msdos/screen/ fntcol16. zip
* The package is (c) by Joseph Gil
* The individual fonts are public domain"