Ubuntu 10.04 server cli resolution too small
Hi--
After installing Ubuntu 10.04 lts server, when I go to log in, the type on the screen is so small I almost need a magnifying glass! I have tried several changes in /etc/default/grub: uncommented line GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600x24 GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=720x480x8 After each one I ran update-grub and rebooted. None of them made any difference. I suspect I am barking up the wrong tree. How do I make this large enough to read without going blind? Thanks! |
I think your problem is connected to KMS (Kernel Mode Setting). What graphics chip does your server use? If it is Intel try to add
Code:
915.modeset=0 |
TobiSGD--
Yes, it is an Intel mobo--d915gav. Not sure where to add that line in grub. In etc/default/grub.cfg? There is no kernel line in that file. This version of grub does not have a menu.lst file. I do see that there is a file /boot/grub/915resolution.mod but it is a binary file. Thanks for helping me, TobiSGD! |
Add it to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line in your /etc/default/grub file, then do
Code:
update-grub |
TobiSGD--
Thanks for finding that for me, TobiSGD! No joy, so far, but some hints perhaps. Here's what I did: 1. I added these lines to /etc/default/grub and ran grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg. Still the type is tiny. Code:
GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600x24 3. I appended "915.modeset=0" without quotes to the end of the "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"" line. Upon running sudo update-grub got an error message. 4. Re-edited to put a comma in front of 915.modeset=0; still got error message. 5. Put in a second GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= line and put in the 915.modeset=0 line here, and finally update-grub ran without complaint. When I rebooted, got a lot of error lines scrolling too fast to read--but in a larger type. (Yay!) But then it switched back to the tiny type. (Boo!) 6. Tried commenting out the old GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" line, but still got the scrolling larger type switching to tiny. 7. Tried rebooting and holding down shift key so I could get the grub menu so I could run the "vbeinfo" to see if I just need to specify a different resolution, but got no grub menu. Any thoughts on what I can try next? Thanks for helping me, TobiSGD! |
Disabling modesetting should do the job. What error-message do you get when adding 915.modeset=0?
To give you an example, here is how my line looks, I have ATI-graphics, so a different modeset-option. Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset" |
TobiSGD--
The error message was: Code:
/etc/default/grub: 9: 915.modeset=0: not found Here is my /etc/default/grub file: Code:
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset 915.modeset=0" Thanks, TobiSGD! |
TobiSGD--
Bingo! I changed the order of that line to read: Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet 915.modeset=0 nomodeset" Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now: will this keep this resolution when I have an upgrade to say grub2? Do I need to uncomment that line "#GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep"? Any wisdom on why it worked? Thanks! |
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