RE: Console Resolution with GRUB2

[Gerard Butler]

Wasn't there a graphical application that let you select the resolution for grub? I know KDE had it built into the system settings.

> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:48:45 -0600
> From: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2
>
> D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> > This is way too complicated for the average user.
>
> Yes. I have to agree with that. My comments were directed at advanced
> users.
>
> > Also some distro's don't have menu.list - I have none for example with Arch
> > Linux.
>
> menu.lst was the configuration file for Grub Legacy. GRUB2 uses grub.cfg.
>
> > GRUB used to have a way of just adding at the grub menu the vga mode. It
> > was simple.
> >
> > Can't that be done with GRUB2?
>
> I believe that's a distro issue. They all do the grub configuration a
> little differently. You either do a custom configuration file or use
> the distro's method of building it.
>
> -- Bruce
>
> > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Bruce Dubbs <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello Bruce,
> >>>
> >>> The "problem" with this is that grub.cfg says "Do Not Edit this File".
> >>>
> >>
> >> The reason it says this is that it is embedded in the script
> >> grub-mkconfig. It overwrites the grub.cfg, but if you don't run that and
> >> only do manual edits, then it's not there. The problem is that many
> >> distros think they know more than the user (usually true, but not always)
> >> and always run grub-mkconfig every time the they update the kernel whether
> >> you want that or not.
> >>
> >>
> >> Why cannot grub2 have an easy way to change console resolution?
> >>>
> >>
> >> I believe that's hardware dependent.
> >>
> >>
> >> When I open console programs, the display is tiny. Also console programs
> >>> with ncurses graphics are tiny. These would be full screen if I could
> >>> make
> >>> console mode 640x480.
> >>>
> >>
> >> That's probably because the kernel is configured to use a framebuffer by
> >> default. It's not a grub issue at that point.
> >>
> >> To disable the freamebuffer, see the advice in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**
> >> FrameBuffer <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FrameBuffer>
> >>
> >>
> >> Grub had an easy way to do this. I haven't tried Bruce's method because
> >>> it
> >>> says not to edit the file.
> >>>
> >>> Also when I upgrade a kernel and regenerate the grub menu, the settings
> >>> will be overwritten.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Keep a backup of /boot/grub/grub.cfg and restore it after upgrading the
> >> kernel. Then edit the file to add the new kernel.
> >>
> >>
> >> -- Bruce
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