Font getting reset in virtual console on GNU/Linux

Question

Greetings.

I have set a custom font on my virtual console (vt1) using the following command:

shell> setfont ter-114f

If I switch to X (using Ctrl+Alt+F7) and come back to the virtual console (using Ctrl+Alt+F1), the display isn't proper. Looks like the screen size is getting reset (previously set to 28 rows before switching).

How can this be fixed?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Often the X server will save the old video state when it starts, and restore that when switching back to the text console. If you change the text console video state in between, it will get clobbered. Maybe KMS (kernel mode setting) will fix this?