Re: Choosing grub2 video modes

[Goh Lip]

On 11/06/2015 06:09, Alex Regan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > I've tried setting GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 in /etc/default/grub then
> > > recreating grub.cfg, but that also doesn't appear to work.
> >
> > Set also gfxpayload_linux to resolution. Either through "set
> > gfxpayload="or GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX
>
> Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what that's supposed to do, because that
> doesn't work either. I had already tried "set gfxpayload=800x600" and
> have now also tried GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600 and regenerated the
> grub.cfg, and that also doesn't work.


Set *both* gfxmode and gfxpayload to resolution?

Try commenting out GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
And if you use any theme, you should comment out things like these
GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-gray/black"
GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="green/black"

> This is supposed to set the physical console resolution, correct?
>
> The screen appears at one point to be at 800x600, then flashes and
> appears to be something closer to 1900x1280.
>
> Thanks again,
> Alex
>
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