Talk:Linux console
Add section on cursor appearance in Linux console
Looking through all Linux console related articles on wiki I didn't notice a mention of managing the cursor appearance (talking about "real" /dev/ttyX
console here, not terminal emulators under X or Wayland where cursor appearance can be adjusted in settings). There are a couple of good articles on the web about this:
- Cursor Appearance in the Linux Console LG #137
- How to change cursor shape, color, and blinkrate of Linux Console
I think adding summary and a couple of examples will go a long way towards saving user's time. Is this topic covered somewhere else in the wiki? Is this the right section to add this information? Romstor (talk) 03:07, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think it's covered anywhere, feel free to add a section after Linux console#Fonts. -- Lahwaacz (talk) 07:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
- As someone said previously, this page could use a write up on the different methods to control cursor appearance for consoles. Along with the info present in the articles linked previously, I want to add info about changing the default cursor shape via 'vt' kernel parameters/grub command line, and changing the blinking status by the fbcon/cursor_blink file via a tmpfile. The latter two will give you a solid, non blinking, block upon login, that persists across applications. But the info about the escape sequences are still interesting and would add to the page as a whole.—This unsigned comment is by Unsigned-enby (talk) 2022-08-16T16:05:23. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!
- As answered before, you are more than welcome to create a new section for this :) --Erus Iluvatar (talk) 17:40, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Adding console font screenshots page
Hi, I'm hosting a library of console fonts screenshots on my website since about 2012.
https://alexandre.deverteuil.net/docs/archlinux-consolefonts/
I'm wondering if this can be moved into this Wiki, maybe on its own page, and to leave the maintenance of it up to the community. Is there a policy for/against that? --A neutrino (talk) 00:02, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- The wiki does not allow users to upload images, only admins are allowed to do that. But in general, the wiki is about collaborating on text and not other content. — Lahwaacz (talk) 17:25, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Kernel's builtin VGA 8x16 font and Terminus 16x32 font
Linux console#Fonts has a template:Expansion about it. Just 2 basic facts I saw:
- Builtin fonts are:
$ zgrep FONT /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_FONT_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_FONTS=y # CONFIG_FONT_8x8 is not set CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y # CONFIG_FONT_6x11 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_7x14 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_PEARL_8x8 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_ACORN_8x8 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_MINI_4x6 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_6x10 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_10x18 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22 is not set CONFIG_FONT_TER16x32=y # CONFIG_FONT_6x8 is not set
- As for usage, quoting https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/fb/fbcon.html:
- 1. fbcon=font:<name>
- Select the initial font to use. The value ‘name’ can be any of the compiled-in fonts: 10x18, 6x10, 6x8, 7x14, Acorn8x8, MINI4x6, PEARL8x8, ProFont6x11, SUN12x22, SUN8x16, TER16x32, VGA8x16, VGA8x8.
—This unsigned comment is by Regid (talk) 10:01, 13 November 2022. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!
- Correct. There's also a related discussion about this topic in Talk:Installation guide#HiDPI on the console. -- nl6720 (talk) 14:21, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Switching consoles
For switching consoles, `Alt + Fx` is mentioned, but on my system `Ctrl + Alt + Fx` is required.
I am not sure what causes this, but it might be worth a discussion or inline mention.
ThinkPad (talk) 02:55, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
- When you are using X, you need to add the ctrl to switch to another tty. IMO it's redundant to mention X in a page which is about the console, most of the settings have no effect within X. UnauthorizedCinnamon (talk) 21:49, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
- That's covered in Keyboard shortcuts#Xorg and Wayland. — Lahwaacz (talk) 12:07, 3 December 2022 (UTC)