Re: GRUB Graphic to Console

[ray <ray@aarden.us>]

On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 2:20:04 PM UTC-5, Sven Joachim wrote:

> Only until a kernel graphics driver is loaded, those by default use the
> resolution which is preferred by the monitor for the console.

Sven,

Thank you for your response.  

hwinfo report the Intel graphic driver i915 is active.  How do I determine if something else is needed?
> You can specify the resolution with the "video" kernel parameter,
> e.g. "video=1920x1440".  I suspect that this will not look good since it
> does not match the 16:9 aspect ratio of your display.
> 
> The setfont program can change the font of the current virtual console,
> e.g. "setfont Uni2-Terminus32x16".  Look in the directory
> /usr/share/consolefonts/ to see which fonts are available.  Once you
> have found a font which you like, use "dpkg-reconfigure console-setup"
> or edit /etc/default/console-setup directly.

This will be my next step.

Thanks again,

Ray