From: mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere   
      
   Henrik Carlqvist  writes:   
      
   > On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 01:44:43 -0400, Mike Spencer wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lilo has:   
   >>   
   >>      append=" vt.default_utf8=0 nomodeset"   
   >>      vga = normal   
   >   
   > If you feel comfortable using some kind of rescue media to fix lilo if   
   > something goes wrong...   
      
   Not a worry, booted fine before I added nomodeset, but...   
      
   > I would start by trying to remove nomodeset, rerun lilo and see if   
   > that helps.   
      
   There was a warning in dmesg that nomodeset might mess up video.   
      
   But Slack 14.1 and 14.2 (and now 15) start up with normal console text,   
   then switch to a teeny-tiny font half way through boot sequence.  One of:   
      
      append=" vt.default_utf8=0 nomodeset"   
      append=" nomodeset"   
      
   fixed that with no effect (in 14.[12]) on X or console switching.   
      
   Did as you suggest.   
      
   Yes, omitting nomodeset from lilo fixes the weird X colors   
   after return from switch and (apparently) X is getting the screen res   
   correct.   
      
   But all consoles are in tiny type.   
      
     With    nomdeswitch:  Consoles usable but then trashes X   
      
     Without nomdeswitch:  Consoles unusable   
      
   I'll be 81 this month, can't be using a jeweler's loupe to read the   
   screen.   
      
      
      
      
   So now I need  further advice on suppressing the switch to tiny   
   console font.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada   
      
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