On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 20:20 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > On 12/07/2012 07:54 PM, les wrote: > > > Hi, everyone, > > My name is Les Howell. I do semiconductor test programs for mainframe > > ATE. > > > > My current issue is with GRUB2. I am slightly visually impaired due to > > glaucoma. This is important, because setting my system up to use bigger > > fonts is vital for me to use it. The problem I ran into when upgrading > > to F17 from F16 is that the font settings do not work the same in Grub > > 2. I have worked very hard at finding solutions and using them from our > > friend Google and from the forum, but have not yet been successful. My > > issue is therefore of several parts: > > 1. Where can I find a really good manual on Grub2? > > 2. What is the exact process to upgrade the font to say size 18 or so > > in Grub2? > > > > 3. What is the exact process to change the font and color in Grub2. > > > > I found a solution that seemed to appear redundantly on various places > > that suggested the following process: > > A. find the font you want. > > B. use # grub-mkfont inputfontname -o /grub/fonts/fontname > > C. edit /etc/default/grub by adding a line to the new font as: > > GRUB_FONT="/boot/grub2/fonts/fontname" > > D. use # grub-mkcfg > > > > I did these steps, but no joy. In addition, the fonts I tried all gave > > me errors on one or more of the symbols (19 different fonts, mostly > > mono-space or arial for visibility reasons.) > > I know this is not a users forum, but this issue has implications that > > need addressing at a much deeper stage. > > > > It is difficult for me to research this due to the vision problem, and > > it is important for me to be able to participate more. > > > > Thank you for your attention. > > > > > > Does it help reducing the resolution via GRUB_GFXMODE= like > GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 ? > > JBG > Hi, Johan, Thank you for the suggestion. I didn't consider that, but I should have. But this time I ran grub2-mkconfig, whereas I think the first time I ran grub-mkconfig. I could not find grub-mkconfig this time, so I must have been incorrect. Anyway, I edited /etc/default/grub and removed the font line and added the GFXMODE line. I ran the command grub2-mkconfig -o grub.cfg and got the following errors: It returned several errors: Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.8-2.fc17.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.6.8-2.fc17.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64.img ERROR: ddf1: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 18446744073709421056 ERROR: hpt37x: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 4608 ERROR: hpt45x: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 18446744073709547008 ERROR: pdc: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 137438913024 ERROR: pdc: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 137438920192 ERROR: pdc: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 137438927360 ERROR: pdc: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 137438934528 ERROR: sil: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 18446744073709289984 No volume groups found Found Windows Recovery Environment (loader) on /dev/mapper/pdc_eadgiihiejp1 Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/mapper/pdc_eadgiihiejp2 done I'm about to reboot and see what happens. I did save a backup of the grub.cfg just incase. thanks, Les H -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
