NetBSD Problem Report #43297

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Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 23:04:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents-Montreal.ORG>
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Subject: [dM] 4.0.1 INSTALL kernel: too-large font
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>Number:         43297
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       [dM] 4.0.1 INSTALL kernel font size is problematic
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    macallan
>State:          closed
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 13 03:10:00 +0000 2010
>Closed-Date:    Sat May 20 18:44:18 +0000 2017
>Last-Modified:  Sat May 20 18:44:18 +0000 2017
>Originator:     der Mouse
>Release:        NetBSD 4.0.1
>Organization:
	Dis-
>Environment:
System: NetBSD Tadpole-Anna.Rodents-Montreal.ORG 4.0.1 NetBSD 4.0.1 (TADPOLE3GX) #6: Tue Apr 27 19:41:05 EDT 2010 mouse@Tadpole-3GX.Rodents-Montreal.ORG:/home/mouse/kbuild/TADPOLE3GX sparc
Architecture: sparc
Machine: sparc
>Description:
	The 4.0.1 installer's kernel uses FONT_GALLANT12x22, at least
	on my Tadpole 3GX.  This is a problem because the Tadpole's
	screen is only 800x600, leading to a text display narrower than
	80 columns (66x27, if my arithmetic is right).  This causes
	sysinst to botch its screen layouts, rather severely in a few
	cases, and it appears this is considered a problem with the
	installer kernel rather than a problem with sysinst.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Try to use the 4.0.1 installer on a Tadpole 3GX console - or, I
	suspect, anything else with a supported bitmap console under
	960 pixels wide, though I haven't tried any others.
>Fix:
	Always use the ROM console?  Configure the installer kernels to
	use a smaller font?

	See also the port-sparc thread beginning with my message

	Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:22:18 -0400 (EDT)
	From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents-Montreal.ORG>
	Message-Id: <201005112022.QAA06517@Sparkle.Rodents-Montreal.ORG>
	Subject: Installer issues

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>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: install-manager->macallan
Responsible-Changed-By: martin@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:23:32 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
Michael, could you please check wether this applies to current, fix it
or check for missing pullups (or other workarounds)?


From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/43297 CVS commit: src/sys/arch/sparc/conf
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 20:58:57 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	macallan
 Date:		Wed Jul  7 20:58:57 UTC 2010

 Modified Files:
 	src/sys/arch/sparc/conf: INSTALL

 Log Message:
 make sure to include a small font for machines like the SPARCbook 3GX
 should fix PR43297


 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.75 -r1.76 src/sys/arch/sparc/conf/INSTALL

 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
 copyright notices on the relevant files.

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:05:34 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
macallan committed a fix in July; did it work?


From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents-Montreal.ORG>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/43297 ([dM] 4.0.1 INSTALL kernel font size is problematic)
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:26:21 -0500 (EST)

 > Synopsis: [dM] 4.0.1 INSTALL kernel font size is problematic

 > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
 > State-Changed-When: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:05:34 +0000
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > macallan committed a fix in July; did it work?

 Dunno, actually; I don't think I've ever tried building my own INSTALL
 kernel for sparc.

 The 4.0.1 INSTALL file is 1.57, not the 1.75 that the commit message in
 the PR says is the "from" version of the commit.  I've fetched diffs
 from 1.57 to 1.75 as well and have added an item to my TODO list to
 check it out.

 					Mouse

State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sat, 20 May 2017 18:44:18 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
no feedback is good feedback
(since 2010!)


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