On Thu 10 Mar 2022 at 08:44:10 (-0500), songbird wrote:
> Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> > Did you take a look into `dmesg -l err` and `Xorg.log` in this case?
>
> no, i didn't, too hard for me to see or sit to squint at the
> screen to be able to read. the login prompt and screen fonts
> are so small that i type it all in by memory and can usually
> get it right. i used to have it set up where all the terminal
> fonts would come up with a big enough font that i'd not have
> that problem, but i've not been dealing much with the raw
> terminal screens enough to do it on this system yet.
The trick I use to workaround this problem is:
. When the grub screen appears, press "E" instead of Return,
. Look at the Grub script that appears (you don't need to be
able to actually /read/ it).
. The bottom line is the initrd line, preceded by a comment line,
The third line from the bottom is the kernel line.
. Press enough times to reach the bottom (you can just see
the cursor appear below the bottom line), then twice, followed
by . That puts the cursor at the end of the kernel line.
. Type video=1280x720
. Type Ctrl-X to boot.
For 1280x720, you could try 1920x1080, or 960x540, according
to how large you want the characters. With a screen having
a wide aspect ratio, you might try 1600x900, 800x450, and
so on (ie native resolution ÷ small integer).
Cheers,
David.