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[Tom H]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 17/04/10 04:55, Tom H wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>>> On 16/04/10 22:34, Liam Proven wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>    wrote:
>>>> You can pass parameters in GRUB to set the console to a particular
>>>> screen mode, but if you set it to the native resolution of the
>>>> monitor, the text will get *very* small. Generally the font remains
>>>> 9x9 pixels or whatever and you just get more columns.
>>>>
>>> With this new grub2 setup, where do you set this parameter, any idea?
>>>
>> Grub2 setup has nothing to do with the virtual consoles; their fonts
>> are set through console-setup.
>
> Fine, but how? :-)
>
> I've altered /etc/default/console-setup to give me (as a test) VAR size
> 8 font, ran setupcon and.....nothing happens :-( . Still the same sized
> font.

If I modify /etc/default/console-setup, switch to a VT, and run
setupcon, the changes take effect so I have no idea why it does not
work for you. You could also try running
dpkg-reconfigure console-setup