On Monday 27 Jan 2014 16:04:44 I wrote: > On Sunday 26 Jan 2014 21:42:54 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 26 Jan 2014 21:28:55 I wrote: > > > On Sunday 26 Jan 2014 20:13:58 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > Uncomment this line in /etc/default/grub > > > > > > > > #GRUB_TERMINAL=console > > > > > > Thanks, but I'm using a manually written grub.cfg, so I need to find out > > > what that definition translates to. I'm searching now... > > > > It was easier than I expected (I hope). I just had to add two lines to > > > > grub.cfg: > > terminal_input console > > terminal_output console > > > > Mike G had suggested gfxterm for terminal_output, so I just changed it and > > added terminal_input. I'll test it next time I boot. > > Nope. Now I'm back to @ signs in place of the border, with the text still at > the original size needing a magnifying glass (well, I do these days).
I had to remove the line "insmod all_video" from grub.cfg as well. Now I get the good old-fashioned 80x24 line VGA console and I can read the list of boot images. For posterity, here's my /boot/grub/grub.cfg: root=(hd0,msdos1) timeout=10 default=0 fallback=3 color_normal=white/blue color_highlight=black/light-gray background_image /grub/splash.xpm.gz menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.25" { linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.25-gentoo root=/dev/md5 net.ifnames=0 } menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.25, no X" { linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.25-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-x net.ifnames=0 } menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.25, no network" { linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.25-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-net net.ifnames=0 } menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.17" { linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo root=/dev/md5 net.ifnames=0 } menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.17, no X" { linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-x net.ifnames=0 } menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.17, no network" { linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-net net.ifnames=0 } menuentry "Memtest86+" { linux16 /boot/memtest86plus/memtest86+-4.20.bin } menuentry "Rescue System 3.10.7-r1" { linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.7-r1-gentoo-rescue root=/dev/sda8 net.ifnames=0 } ------------------------------------------------ -- Regards Peter