Re: GRUB2 resolution

2010-05-07 Thread Drew Paschal
LOL Well, for what it's worth, I used to use lilo a long time ago. :) On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Drew Paschal wrote: > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Tom H wrote: > >> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Paul E Condon < > pecon...@mesanetw

Re: GRUB2 resolution

2010-05-07 Thread Tom H
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Drew Paschal wrote: > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Paul E Condon >> wrote: >> > Look in /etc/default/grub. Replace the line: >> > #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 >> > with one the suits your fancy. And remove the # at the b

Re: GRUB2 resolution

2010-05-05 Thread Drew Paschal
This worked PERFECTLY. My steps: vim /etc/default/grub I uncommented the GRUB_GFXMODE= line and changed it to: GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024 Under that, I added the line: GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024 I then saved and exited. I then ran update-grub and rebooted. Works great. Thank you! On Wed

Re: GRUB2 resolution

2010-05-05 Thread Tom H
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20100505_131841, Drew Paschal wrote: >> I have looked around on google and found some documentation to set the >> resolution within grub2 but some of the explanations are a bit vague.  Can >> someone post a clear and concise way of doing th

Re: GRUB2 resolution

2010-05-05 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20100505_131841, Drew Paschal wrote: > I have looked around on google and found some documentation to set the > resolution within grub2 but some of the explanations are a bit vague. Can > someone post a clear and concise way of doing this? When I tried the ones I > found on google, I managed t

GRUB2 resolution

2010-05-05 Thread Drew Paschal
I have looked around on google and found some documentation to set the resolution within grub2 but some of the explanations are a bit vague. Can someone post a clear and concise way of doing this? When I tried the ones I found on google, I managed to make the box not boot anymore.