Ubuntu 10.04 console resolution

grububuntu-10.04

I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my HP Pavilion dv6000

After I installed it, the text in the console (when I press ALT+F1) was small and the console had a good resolution (I think the same as my LCD, 1280×800). Also, at boot, the "Ubuntu" logo was small and centered in the middle of the screen. That was good.

After that, I installed the nVidia driver via the "System->Administration->Hardware drivers" screen. After the driver was installed, the text in the console was larger and more pixelated, and also the "Ubuntu" logo was much larger and looked uglier because it was pixelated.

Can anyone help me change the resolution in the console and boot screen back to what it was before I installed the nVidia driver?

Best Answer

Follow THIS, it works:

In Grub2 the vga= parameter is deprecated 1.

as root edit /etc/default/grub uncomment the GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
and change the resolution to something you can use e.g. 1024x768

edit /etc/grub.d/00_header search for: set gfxmode=${GRUB_GFXMODE}
on the next line insert: set gfxpayload=keep verify that the new line
is before insmod gfxterm

run update-grub
run reboot to confirm that your changes worked!
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