#1040696 kbd: setfont doesn't set a default font

Package:
kbd
Source:
kbd
Description:
Linux console font and keytable utilities
Submitter:
Sven Grewe
Date:
2024-05-29 15:57:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1040696#5
Date:
2023-07-09 14:02:42 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

If I type setfont into the console, I expect it to use the default font as
the manual says. It gives an error instead:

$ LANG=CC setfont
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console.
#1040696#10
Date:
2024-01-09 11:37:22 UTC
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Control: tags -1 + moreinfo

Given the $ and the error message, I assume this is a permission problem
on your side. Does it not work if you run it as a user that has access
to modify the console (eg. root)?

Regards,
Andreas Henriksson
#1040696#17
Date:
2024-05-29 15:54:12 UTC
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 > Given the $ and the error message, I assume this is a permission problem
 > on your side. Does it not work if you run it as a user that has access
 > to modify the console (eg. root)?

I tried it again and can confirm that it doesn't say anything with root.

However, attempting this in a tty with and without root gave me the
following error message:
setfont: ERROR setfont.c:406 kfont_load_font: Cannot find default font

Kind regards,
Sven Grewe