On 2009-12-28 at 00:24:48 +0100, Tom H wrote, > What I found interesting about this thread is that the OP found a > non-grub2 way of restoring his boot-up look in spite of using grub2...
> I assume that he has set "GRUB_TERMINAL=console" in > "/etc/default/grub" (or "terminal console" in /boot/grub/grub.cfg") > when he made the "/etc/default/console-setup" changes that he posted > earlier, rather than go the "terminal gfxterm", etc way. Actually, what I did was to de-install grub (as referred to by Squeeze, grub2 as referred to by Lenny) and install lilo instead. I thought about going back to grub-legacy (as referred to by Squeeze, grub as referred to by Lenny). I knew that the original grub would support the vga option, including vga=ask; but I was afraid that some script would see an "update-grub" command on the system and assume that grub (as referred to by Squeeze, grub2 as referred to by Lenny) was installed, when in reality grub-legacy (as referred to by Squeeze, grub as referred to by Lenny) was installed. So I installed lilo instead. lilo supports the vga option, including vga=ask, does everything that I need it to do, and does not result in any confusion, either on my part or the part of install scripts, as to which version of grub is installed. Subsequent posters have suggested ways to get grub (as referred to by Squeeze, grub2 as referred to by Lenny) to set the video mode; but by then I had already solved that part of the problem another way and didn't wish to tear up the pea patch again. (If it isn't broken, don't fix it!) The other half of the problem, that of loading the desired font, I was able to accomplish with console-setup, thanks to the help of Dave Witbrodt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
