Re: console screen
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On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Bonno Bloksma <b.bloksma@tio.nl> wrote:
>
>>> After upgrading to squeeze and Grub2 my old line:
>>> # defoptions=vga=791
>>> in the menu.lst file is no longer relevant and I am supposed to do
>>> something
>>> with the /etc/default/grub file. In there it states:
>>>
>>> # The resolution used on graphical terminal
>>> # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via
>>> VBE
>>> # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
>>> #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
>>>
>>> If I set this at 1280x1024, which I know my server supports, will that
>>> roughly give me what I had?
>>>
>>> Also, what is "real GRUB" where I can ise `vbeinfo' to see what my server
>>> supports?
>>
>> For 1280x1024:
>> GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024
>> and
>> GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024
>
> Where did you find any info about this PAYLOAD_LINUX option? I have been
> googling all morning to find a decent (debian) grub2 manual that lists all
> the options?
I found it on the Arch wiki a *very*long* time ago.
"info grub" lists these variables in one of its sections (there's a
way of going straight to that section but I don't know it).
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