[Bug 433897] Re: Console/VT font is (randomly) not set (sometimes) on some machines. Stuck with the default VGA BIOS font.

[pt]

I have to confirm this in lunar too! Wow, the longest bug I've ever seen (from 2009).
Can someone explain why this is happening in simple terms? I see the font changed correctly but then get reset just before the boot splash screen for some reason. I've tried both workarounds (udev rule and the console-font.conf) to no avail. Why is so difficult to set a service (which is working btw) to start later in the boot process? I don't understand systemd intricacies and quirks.

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Title:
  Console/VT font is (randomly) not set (sometimes) on some machines.
  Stuck with the default VGA BIOS font.

Status in console-setup:
  New
Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  [Fix]

  [Test Case]

  [Regression Potential]

  [Original Report]
  Since the Karmic transition away from init.d scripts to upstart services has started, the font is no longer set at bootup. This results in unreadable user prompts, whenever applications output non-ascii characters to screen and it also affects graphic box characters used by ncurses, such as for debconf dialogs.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Sep 21 12:51:40 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: console-setup 1.34ubuntu2
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fi_FI.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
  SourcePackage: console-setup
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686

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