On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:34 AM, "Jérôme M. Berger" <jeberger@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Second issue: when I activate the framebuffer with some default > resolution (say 1024x768 vga=773), the font is set properly, but it > is not kept: a few seconds after setting the font, the screen > resolution changes and the font goes back to the default. Once the > computer has finished booting, if I log in as root, source > /etc/rc.conf and /etc/rc.d/functions, then call set_consolefont > manually, the console fonts are set properly and kept until I reboot. The framebuffer is reset because KMS is enabled. I would remove any 'vga' line from your config and try enabling early KMS in your initcpio: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_Mode_Setting#Early_KMS_start ~Celti