[Bug 1799713] [NEW] Changing tty font does not work

[Vyacheslav]

Public bug reported:

Changing font in "/etc/default/console-setup" does not work

After reboot in generated file "/etc/console-setup/cached_setup_font.sh" needed font passed to setfont twice.
For example if was specified
FONT="Uni3-Terminus12x6.psf.gz"
in cached_setup_font.sh will be
setfont '/etc/console-setup/cached_Uni3-Terminus12x6.psf.gz' '/etc/console-setup/cached_Uni3-Terminus12x6.psf.gz'

After manual deletion second parameter and rebooting font applied as
expected

Why need to copy font from "/usr/share/consolefonts" to "/etc/console-
setup" when setfont can take it directly from "/usr/share/consolefonts"
?

Why ubuntu not fully moved to systemd and not uses "/etc/vconsole.conf"
instead of magic generated scripts like "/etc/console-
setup/cached_setup_font.sh" ?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: console-setup-linux 1.178ubuntu2.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Wed Oct 24 16:41:15 2018
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: console-setup
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic

** Description changed:

  Changing font in "/etc/default/console-setup" does not work
  
  After reboot in generated file "/etc/console-setup/cached_setup_font.sh" needed font passed to setfont twice.
  For example if was specified
  FONT="Uni3-Terminus12x6.psf.gz"
  in cached_setup_font.sh will be
  setfont '/etc/console-setup/cached_Uni3-Terminus12x6.psf.gz' '/etc/console-setup/cached_Uni3-Terminus12x6.psf.gz'
  
  After manual deletion second parameter and rebooting font applied as
  expected
  
- 
  Why need to copy font from "/usr/share/consolefonts" to "/etc/console-
  setup" when setfont can take it directly from "/usr/share/consolefonts"
  ?
  
  Why ubuntu not fully moved to systemd and not uses "/etc/vconsole.conf"
  instead of magic generated scripts like "/etc/console-
- setup/cached_setup_font.sh"
+ setup/cached_setup_font.sh" ?
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: console-setup-linux 1.178ubuntu2.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Wed Oct 24 16:41:15 2018
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: console-setup
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  Changing tty font does not work

Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Changing font in "/etc/default/console-setup" does not work

  After reboot in generated file "/etc/console-setup/cached_setup_font.sh" needed font passed to setfont twice.
  For example if was specified
  FONT="Uni3-Terminus12x6.psf.gz"
  in cached_setup_font.sh will be
  setfont '/etc/console-setup/cached_Uni3-Terminus12x6.psf.gz' '/etc/console-setup/cached_Uni3-Terminus12x6.psf.gz'

  After manual deletion second parameter and rebooting font applied as
  expected

  Why need to copy font from "/usr/share/consolefonts" to "/etc/console-
  setup" when setfont can take it directly from
  "/usr/share/consolefonts" ?

  Why ubuntu not fully moved to systemd and not uses
  "/etc/vconsole.conf" instead of magic generated scripts like "/etc
  /console-setup/cached_setup_font.sh" ?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: console-setup-linux 1.178ubuntu2.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Wed Oct 24 16:41:15 2018
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: console-setup
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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