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Date:      Fri, 9 Aug 1996 15:52:52 +0400 (MSD)
From:      laskavy@rudy.aha.ru
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/1482: vidcontrol -f fnt-size file-with-wrong-fnt-size
Message-ID:  <199608091152.PAA03319@cray.aha.ru>
Resent-Message-ID: <199608091200.FAA03967@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         1482
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       vidcontrol -f fnt-size file-with-wrong-fnt-size
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Aug  9 05:00:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Sergei S. Laskavy
>Organization:
Zenon N.S.P.
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386
>Environment:
	uname -a
FreeBSD cray.aha.ru 2.1.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE #0: Thu Aug  8 03:02:41 MSD 1996     laskavy@rudy.aha.ru:/usr/src/sys/compile/CRAY  i386

>Description:

Program "vidcontrol" sometimes can't determine, that ".fnt" file
contains font with the same size as first parametr.

>How-To-Repeat:

shell$ cd /usr/share/syscons/fonts
shell$ ls
cp866-8x14.fnt  cp866-8x16.fnt  cp866-8x8.fnt   cp866b-8x16.fnt cp866c-8x16.fnt
shell$ vidcontrol -f 8x16 cp866-8x8.fnt
bad font file
shell$ vidcontrol -f 8x16 cp866-8x14.fnt
<CAN'T READ ANYTHING ON SYSTEM CONSOLE>

>Fix:

Maybe, format of font file is too "raw" and we can't check font size.
We should fix a manual page then :)
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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