> Ah... you're using the nvidia closed driver. I'm sorry, forgot about the nvidia thing. > > upon checking /etc/default/grub > > > > i was able to find > > GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x800 > > GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep > > > > thanks for the help > > If that did it, fine then :-) Not really.. I found the GRUB_*... but that was already there and my tty resolution is still the same. any thoughts? -- Daniel Jiménez