[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#443645: let unicode_start honor CONSOLE_FONT from /etc/kbd/config

[Wolfram Sang]

Package: kbd
Version: 1.12-18
Severity: wishlist

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Currently when booting, a lot of font changes are happening on my system:

1) Kernel sets up 132x60-screen-mode with an 8x8 font
2) keymap.sh calls unicode_start without a parameter, so a default 
8x16(!) font is loaded
3) console-screen.kbd.sh finally loads the desired 8x8-font specified in 
  /etc/kbd/config

In my eyes, this font-changing from small to big to small does not look 
very elegant. I would suggest a solution, that unicode_start will honor 
a possible default-font from /etc/kbd/config, too. I experimently added 
some simple support for CONSOLE_FONT and it works nicely. I would extend 
this to also support CONSOLE_FONT_vcX and send it as a patch, if this is 
a wanted feature.

All the best,

    Wolfram

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.21-2-686

Debian Release: lenny/sid
   500 testing         security.debian.org
   500 testing         ftp.tu-chemnitz.de

--- Package information. ---
Depends              (Version) | Installed
==============================-+-============
libc6               (>= 2.5-5) | 2.6.1-1+b1
console-common                 | 0.7.70
  OR console-setup              |
lsb-base           (>= 3.0-10) | 3.1-24