On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:14:00 -0700, daniel jimenez wrote: >> Ah... you're using the nvidia closed driver. > > I'm sorry, forgot about the nvidia thing.
With nvidia closed driver this can be tricky because it does not use KMS. >> > upon checking /etc/default/grub >> > >> > i was able to find >> > GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x800 >> > GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep >> > >> > thanks for the help >> >> If that did it, fine then :-) > > Not really.. I found the GRUB_*... but that was already there and my tty > resolution is still the same. > > any thoughts? Mmmm, have you tried with the values Max and I already suggested? (try this separately, one at a time) GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="vga=792" GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x800x32 You can also try with a variation of your first attempt (I've read this over Internet so most probably will also fail...): GRUB_GFXMODE=auto GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep After every change remember to run "update-grub". Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.10.22.20.27...@gmail.com