From 8d54e5e8fa6b596d2057c3e57f0d5559d896d978 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hermes <hermes@lazyworkhorse.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 22:10:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(display): use kernel default console font instead of
 ter-v24n

The ter-v24n Terminus font renders garbled on CM5 DSI 720x1280
panel (green stretched line across screen). Switching to the
kernel's built-in Lat2-Terminus16 font for correct text rendering.
---
 hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix b/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix
index c133a79..b1ac6c5 100644
--- a/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ in
   # kernel managed by nixos-raspberrypi module — don't override, patches are version-specific
   # boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
 
+  # Use kernel built-in console font — ter-v24n from nixos-uconsole is garbled on CM5
+  console.font = lib.mkForce "Lat2-Terminus16";
+  console.packages = lib.mkForce [ ];
+
   # Networking
   networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
   services.openssh = {