On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Patrick Burroughs <celticmadman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 Not sure if related: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29781
