On a fresh RedHat 5.2 install, if the user edits lilo.conf so that there is a global vga=2 rule and then runs lilo, the VGA mode will be set to 50 lines per screen. But in the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit script, the block that calls setsysfont will kick the VGA mode back to 25 lines per screen. That wasn't a problem in earlier RedHat releases.
I have verified this to be a problem on a test machine. I added vga=2 to the global settings in lilo.conf and upon rebooting the fonts changed to the smaller size. The when setsysfont is encountered in the rc.sysinit the font size is set back up to the default size. It also exhibits similar behaviour with the ther bga= settings possible.I have verified this to be a problem on a test machine. I added vga=2 to the global settings in lilo.conf and upon rebooting the fonts changed to the smaller size. The when setsysfont is encountered in the rc.sysinit the font size is set back up to the default size. It also exhibits similar behaviour with the ther bga= settings possible.
This is a duplicate of #156This is a duplicate of #156
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 156 ***