Re: two small questions

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2022, Steve Blinkhorn wrote:

> On my 7.x and 8.x machines the device probe phase occurs using the
> full width of my (1920x900) screen in gree in a small font, and continues
> using the full width of the screen but in white.
>
> On 9.2 the device probe phase occupies the full width of the screen in
> a large green font, but switches to a narrower section of the screen
> when it goes to a smalll white font for the daemon startups etc.
>
> 1. Where are the settings that control this behaviour?  I want my full
> screen back!

You can either comment out the large FONT_BOLD16x32 font in the GENERIC
kernel config., or, add these lines to /etc/wscons.conf:

setvar ttyE0   font    Boldface
setvar ttyE1   font    Boldface
setvar ttyE2   font    Boldface
setvar ttyE3   font    Boldface


> 2. My keyboard layout is uk, but when I start up X it goes to us.
> I presumably need to change something in /etc/xorg.conf.  What I can
> find on the web assumes a far greater familiarity with X configuration
> than I am ever likely to achieve

In your ~/.xinitrc (or ~/.xsession--note: this only takes effect _after_
you login) add:

setxkbmap -layout 'gb'

See also: setxkbmap(1), xkeyboard-config(7), kbd(4)

-RVP