I lost national signs after OS update

Jacek Marcin Jaworski

1/15/24, 7:10 PM

I have home server with Ubuntu Server 20.04. I used to have fonts with polish signs in console. But after some OS update I notice that I have some quirks in the places expected to have polish signs.

How can I restore polish fonts in Ubuntu Server 20.04 console?

Thanks for suggestions!

I try setupcon:

$ sudo setupcon -v
Configuring /dev/tty1 /dev/tty2 /dev/tty3 /dev/tty4 /dev/tty5 /dev/tty6
The charmap is UTF-8
BackSpace is ^?
on /dev/tty1  executing printf.
on /dev/tty2  executing printf.
on /dev/tty3  executing printf.
on /dev/tty4  executing printf.
on /dev/tty5  executing printf.
on /dev/tty6  executing printf.
on /dev/tty1  executing kbd_mode -u.
on /dev/tty2  executing kbd_mode -u.
on /dev/tty3  executing kbd_mode -u.
on /dev/tty4  executing kbd_mode -u.
on /dev/tty5  executing kbd_mode -u.
on /dev/tty6  executing kbd_mode -u.
executing loadkeys /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz.

but I think it does not touch consol font.

So I try setfont:

$ sudo setfont
Nie można znaleźć domyślnego fontu

[Please ignoere polish signs for a while.] Then I read man setfont and found that there is missing /usr/share/consolefonts/default.psf.gz file. Then I linked

$sudo ln -s /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat2-TerminusBold16.psf.gz /usr/share/consolefonts/default.psf.gz

And then run again:

$ sudo setfont -v
Wczytywanie 256-znakowego fontu 8x16 z pliku /usr/share/consolefonts/default.psf.gz
Wczytywanie tablicy odwzorowania Unicode...

I realy enjoy because I have polish signs, but only till logout.

So, now the question is: How make my font config persistent? And in "Ubuntu way".

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Pilot6

1/15/24, 8:59 PM

Run `setupcon`.

Levente

1/16/24, 12:38 AM

This is just a workaround, but you could put the commands that makes this work, so probably the last codeblock, the one with `sudo setfont -v` into the end of this file: `~/.profile`. This file is being read every time you log in, and commands in it will be executed automatically.

Jacek Marcin Jaworski

1/16/24, 1:18 AM

I supose it will work, but i want configure console "in ubuntu way". So please give me more comprehensive advice.

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rubo77

2/6/24, 10:11 PM

Update the console font configuration:
```
sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
```
Select the correct keyboard layout and language.
Restart the terminal emulator or log out and log back in.

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