On Sun, 19 May 2013 22:57:28 -0400 (EDT), staticsafe wrote: > > Althought the vga=ext option is deprecated with the linux command in > Grub2, it is still available with the linux16 command in Grub2 as it is > with the linux command in Grub-legacy. If Grub2 displays "vga=ext is > deprecated. Use set gfxpayload=text before linux command instead" you > don't need to downgrade to grub-legacy. Just replace linux and initrd by > linux16 and initrd16 in each menuentry bloc you want to use VGA mode and > add vga=ext or vga=F01 near the end of the linux16 line to get 80x50 > text consoles instead of framebuffer. You may also replace ext by F00, > F01, F02, F03, F05, F06 or F07 to get alternate VGA text resolutions > (respectively 80x25, 80x50, 80x43, 80x28, 80x30, 80x34 and 80x60). Use > vga=ask to get a chance at boot time to list all available VGA/VESA > resolutions and chose one interactively before Grub2 passes control to > the kernel. If you edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg instead of > /etc/grub.d/10_linux remember your changes will be dropped if > update-grub is launched. By the way, vga=normal is equivalent to vga=F00 > and vga=ext is equivalent to vga=F01. > > - > http://wiki.debian.org/GrubTransition#fndef-231bbb76472490d8f289f110d30d2d982e08a663-0
Thanks for posting this, staticsafe. I am a lilo user, but if I am ever forced to use grub2 in the future, at least I now know how to get the vga option to work. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1442823568.1287408.1369085018358.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
