Re: Choosing grub2 video modes

[Goh Lip]

On 11/06/2015 07:06, Alex Regan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > Are you suggesting that I do both of these, or are you questioning
> > > whether I'm doing both?
> >
> > Yes, you need to set both to resolution.
> > Sorry I wasn't questioning you.
> >
> > Your /etc/default/grub
> > > GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600
> > > GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600
>
> Okay, I've done this.
>
> > And at your grub.cfg....
> > >      set gfxpayload=640x480
> >
> > Why is this then at 640x480 when you have set to 800x600?
> > I think you need to "update-grub" or "grub-mkconfig -o..."
>
> My apologies for that confusion. I thought there was a chance the
> resolution was 800x600, so I set it to 640x480 at one point, because
> there's no mistaking that size.
>
> I've done all this, and it is still the same. Is there some way to do it
> directly from the grub command-line?

Yes, edit and add like this

set gfxpayload=640x480x32
gfxmode=640x480x32


> Does the grub.cfg look as it should? That is the latest version with the
> changes I've done above.

Yes, your grub.cfg looks okay (other than the resolution confusion)

It's late here and I need to log off real soon.
But good luck. (if others want to jump in, please do)