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) to go to a server and I can > choose the screen size om my desktop but when there is a problem and > I need to be at the console it is nice if there can be more then 80 > chars on a line and 25 lines on a screen. :-( > > I do not understand the defaults build into Grub2. For instace 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 "widescreen" ratio netbooks. > > 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? I can understand there being a option NOT to keep the > menu resolution if that may be nedded but by default it should keep > the same resolution. > > Right now I have to add a line GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600 to the > /etc/default/grub file each time. Modify it then:- #update-grub > 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 set > gfxpayload=keep at the proper place. > > Is this a bug in the Grub2 system that will be resolved or does this > need users to "bug" the Grub developers to change this? If the > latter, how and where to I (and others) tell them that? You might want to read /etc/default/grub first... (first line) > > Bonno Bloksma > > Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE extensions for finding answers to questions about Debian:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- 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/4f7c2e7c.2040...@gmail.com