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Re: [patch] more descriptive unknown glyph picture
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Pavel Roskin |
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Re: [patch] more descriptive unknown glyph picture |
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Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:01:31 -0500 |
On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 23:06 +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> I think using system fonts is fine. Current update-grub has logic to detect
> them, and enable them when present. It checks (via grub-probe) that GRUB will
> be able to read them before doing so. Additionaly, the grub.cfg it generates
> will instruct GRUB to fallback sanely to console when fonts aren't readable.
You probably misunderstand. System fonts are located in BIOS. I think
it might also be possible to read them back from a VGA compatible card.
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Regards,
Pavel Roskin