Subject: kern/13854: kernel doesn't allow to change fonts
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <dawszy@netbsd.lubin.pl>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/02/2001 13:20:10
>Number:         13854
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       You can't use other then stadard BIOS fonts
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Sep 02 04:21:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     
>Release:        NetBSD 1.5.1
>Organization:

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http://igloo.netbsd.lubin.pl/
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD gornik.tgr.lubin.edu.pl 1.5.1 NetBSD 1.5.1 (IGLOO) #0: Sat Aug 25 15:18:47 CEST 2001 root@gornik.tgr.lubin.edu.pl:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/IGLOO i386


>Description:
It's impossible to use other font's thern BIOS fonts, wsfontload loads 
font's but you can't see any changes.

As far as I know this bug isn't changed in -current yet.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to load any font file from /usr/share/wscons/fonts/
>Fix:

Sergey Svishchev <svs@ropnet.ru> made some hack to pass it.
You can fetch his hack from :
http://igloo.netbsd.lubin.pl/NetBSD/pl/vga-kern.patch
This patch doesn't fix the problem, it only allows you to use some other 
font's but with this patch you can't load other size fonts.
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