Bug #2781
small change to /etc/conf.d/consolefont
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Description
Hello. I am using OpenRC. I found that /usr/share/consolefonts does not exist and is mentioned in /etc/conf.d/consolefont. This can lead to some confusion [1] (it happened to me too). The directory does not need to exist, apparently.
[1] https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Make_GRUB_menu_%26_boot-up/down_fonts_bigger
/usr/share/consolefonts does not exist and is mentioned in /etc/conf.d/consolefont
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Updated by nona almost 4 years ago
Dunno. How should I call something which is wrong with the documentation and needs to be changed?
Updated by bill-auger almost 4 years ago
what i was asking was if that missing file is causing any
problems with the functioning of the system -
off-hand there are two possible resolutions to this bug report -
if the missing /usr/share/consolefonts file does not cause any
problems, then maybe /etc/conf.d/consolefont could be changed to
not mention it anymore; but if that file is important then
something it would require some investigation to find out what
to do about it
Updated by nona almost 4 years ago
The missing directory does not interfere with the good functioning of the system.
The directory does not need to exist, apparently.
The link [1] mentions the existing `/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/', and I would imagine that `/usr/share/consolefonts' needs to be replaced with that in the documentation. I was not brave enough to delete that directory or any of its files to test.
Thanks.
[1] https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Make_GRUB_menu_%26_boot-up/down_fonts_bigger
Updated by freemor almost 4 years ago
Is it my imagination or is consolekit conspiciously absent.
pacman -Ss consolekit finds nothing. (but I done have an openRC vm rolled rith now)
nothing in [nonsystemd] seems to be creating it.
and it seems it'd be a big peice of the puzzle. (IIUC)
Updated by bill-auger almost 4 years ago
consolekit has been gone for years now - i could not find much
discussion about it; but 'elogind' is apparently providing that
functionality for openrc systems - if something in the system
is having a problem with 'consolekit'; megver may know best
how to fix it
from: https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/1817
Arch dropped extra/consolekit in 2012, Megver83 deleted pcr/consolekit on 2018-04-19
First remove consolekit-openrc, then install elogind
from: https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2170
Nowadays, it means that you need to use a DM that supports elogind. In my case, I use sddm-elogind (I'll update it and move it to [nonsystemd] in some moment)
Updated by bill-auger almost 4 years ago
- Related to Bug #2782: xdm service from OpenRC overrides consolefont added
Updated by Zuss almost 2 years ago
The consolefonts folder appears to be in different locations depending on which distribution you're on.
In Parabola's case it's /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/
It is a small thing but I've opened a PR to modify the PKGBUILD to show the correct directory: https://pagure.io/abslibre/pull-request/48