When my computer goes to console mode (booting up, shutting down or Ctrl + Alt + F1)), the text is super big. I can't take a screenshot of it, but it looks like a 640 x 480 resolution. My monitor normally works at 1440 x 900.
I remember that the console text that appeared while installing from the CD was nice and small.
How can I make the console text look like it looked while booting from the CD?
Best Answer
I've found a solution that works from this forum post
In short:
Open
/etc/default/grub
with your favorite editor as root.Localize the line that says
GRUB_GFXMODE= ...
and change it to the resolution you want. Add another line for a new variable calledGRUB_GFXPAYLOAD
with the same resolution. It should look similar to this:Save and exit. Then edit as root
/etc/grub.d/00_header
Localize the line that says
if [ "x${GRUB_GFXMODE}" = "x" ] ; then GRUB_GFXMODE=...
. As before, change the resolution there to the one you want and add another line for payload:Finally, locate the line that says set
gfxmode=${GRUB_GFXMODE}
and add a line for payload below it. It should look like this:Save and exit.
Still as root, refresh grub with
Reboot, and both the grub menu and the console should have nicer resolutions.
Finished!