tty1 boots as an 80-column console and only widens once the kernel
framebuffer/KMS takes over, which lands late — especially in VMs. The
configurator's logo is wider than 80 columns, so the very first draw
measured against that transient narrow console: the logo wrapped
("smushed") and, with left padding clamped to zero, hugged the left
edge. Every later screen re-measures once the console has grown, which
is why only the opening keyboard screen looked wrong.
Hold the first draw until the width settles at or above the logo width,
capped so a console that never widens still proceeds. Terminal emulators
(dry runs) are already at final size and are skipped.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
