Re: grub2 screen resolution

2012-04-06 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/04/12 16:17, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > there is no man page for grub. !? grub-bin2h grub-editenv grub-emu grub-install grub-mkconfig grub-mkdevicemap grub-mkfont grub-mkimage grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 grub-mkrelpath grub-mkrescue grub-probe grub-reboot grub-script-check grub-set-default grub-set

RE: grub2 screen resolution

2012-04-05 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, >> AHA, an undocumented feature. At least, it is not documented in the >> /etc/default/grub file itself. > You need to do: > >info grub > > Bet you didn't know about that. :) Well I knew about info but when I want to know about syntax I use mainly man, but there is no man page for

Re: grub2 screen resolution

2012-04-05 Thread Brian
On Thu 05 Apr 2012 at 11:48:57 +, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > AHA, an undocumented feature. At least, it is not documented in the > /etc/default/grub file itself. You need to do: info grub Bet you didn't know about that. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

RE: grub2 screen resolution

2012-04-05 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi Dom, >> Right now I have to add a line GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600 to the /etc/default/grub >> file each time. That part I kan still understand, eventhough I think that >> should be the default resolution. >> But I also have to change the /etc/grub.d/00_header script each time by >> adding the line

RE: grub2 screen resolution

2012-04-05 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, >> I do not understand the defaults build into Grub2. For instance the >> default resolution, it is at 640x480. Which machine running Linux >> cannot at least use 800x600? Or is Grub2 made with hendhelds as a >> target environment as well? > Yes - especially those squint-o-vision "widescre

Re: grub2 screen resolution

2012-04-04 Thread Jon Dowland
On 04/04/12 11:37, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > The second thing I don not understand it why Grub2 will not keep the > screen resolution after the menu has gone. Why does it by default > ALWAYS go back to 640x480 even when the menu is shown at a higher > resolution? Grub is essentially an entirely di

Re: grub2 screen resolution

2012-04-04 Thread Dom
On 04/04/12 11:37, Bonno Bloksma wrote: Hi, When I install a Squeeze machine, or when I update a Lenny machine to Squeeze, the first thing I do is to change the screen resolution so I can get some more tekst on the console when I need it. Of course most of the time I use ssh (or PuTTY) to go

Re: grub2 screen resolution

2012-04-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/04/12 20:37, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > When I install a Squeeze machine, or when I update a Lenny machine > to Squeeze, the first thing I do is to change the screen resolution > so I can get some more tekst on the console when I need it. Of course > most of the time I use ssh (or PuTTY)