On Thu 10 Mar 2022 at 08:44:10 (-0500), songbird wrote: > Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> > Did you take a look into `dmesg -l err` and `Xorg.log` in this case? > > no, i didn't, too hard for me to see or sit to squint at the > screen to be able to read. the login prompt and screen fonts > are so small that i type it all in by memory and can usually > get it right. i used to have it set up where all the terminal > fonts would come up with a big enough font that i'd not have > that problem, but i've not been dealing much with the raw > terminal screens enough to do it on this system yet. The trick I use to workaround this problem is: . When the grub screen appears, press "E" instead of Return, . Look at the Grub script that appears (you don't need to be able to actually /read/ it). . The bottom line is the initrd line, preceded by a comment line, The third line from the bottom is the kernel line. . Press <Down> enough times to reach the bottom (you can just see the cursor appear below the bottom line), then <Up> twice, followed by <Left>. That puts the cursor at the end of the kernel line. . Type <Space> video=1280x720 . Type Ctrl-X to boot. For 1280x720, you could try 1920x1080, or 960x540, according to how large you want the characters. With a screen having a wide aspect ratio, you might try 1600x900, 800x450, and so on (ie native resolution ÷ small integer). Cheers, David.
