Grub2

[les]

On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 20:20 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> On 12/07/2012 07:54 PM, les wrote:
> 
> > Hi, everyone,
> > 	My name is Les Howell.  I do semiconductor test programs for mainframe
> > ATE.
> > 
> > 	My current issue is with GRUB2.  I am slightly visually impaired due to
> > glaucoma.  This is important, because setting my system up to use bigger
> > fonts is vital for me to use it.  The problem I ran into when upgrading
> > to F17 from F16 is that the font settings do not work the same in Grub
> > 2.  I have worked very hard at finding solutions and using them from our
> > friend Google and from the forum, but have not yet been successful.  My
> > issue is therefore of several parts:
> > 	1.  Where can I find a really good manual on Grub2?
> > 	2.  What is the exact process to upgrade the font to say size 18 or so
> > in Grub2?
> > 
> > 	3.  What is the exact process to change the font and color in Grub2.
> > 
> > 	I found a solution that seemed to appear redundantly on various places
> > that suggested the following process:
> > 	A. find the font you want.
> > 	B. use # grub-mkfont inputfontname -o /grub/fonts/fontname
> > 	C. edit /etc/default/grub by adding a line to the new font as:
> > 		GRUB_FONT="/boot/grub2/fonts/fontname"
> > 	D. use # grub-mkcfg
> > 	
> > 	I did these steps, but no joy.  In addition, the fonts I tried all gave
> > me errors on one or more of the symbols (19 different fonts, mostly
> > mono-space or arial for visibility reasons.)
> > 	I know this is not a users forum, but this issue has implications that
> > need addressing at a much deeper stage.  
> > 
> > 	It is difficult for me to research this due to the vision problem, and
> > it is important for me to be able to participate more.
> > 
> > Thank you for your attention.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Does it help reducing the resolution via GRUB_GFXMODE= like
> GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 ?
> 
> JBG
> 

Hi, Johan,
	No joy!  Reboot then ran through the disk stuff, then a quick flash of
something about grub in big text, then back to the small text and
apparently the fine resolution screen.  I could not trap the message
screen despite several attempts.  I think there should be a grub log, so
I will look at the manual some more and work on figuring this out.
Thanks for your help.

For the developers, think about adding the grub change stuff to the
universal access stuff in some way.  It is tough when it is hard to use
the various stuff to figure things out when you are working with a
disadvantage to begin with.

Thanks, Johan, and by the way, I found the manual this time in my web
search.  I needed that.