On Tue 18 Oct 2016 at 10:22:24 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/18/2016 9:20 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 08:51:00AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>With GRUB2 on Jessie, how do I increase the menu's font _size_ . > >>A Google search wandered around my problem without addressing it. > >>I did discover that that GRUB was using a resolution that > >>matched my monitor's settings. > >> > >>[When menu comes up go to command mode by typing 'c'. Then > >>enter 'vbeinfo' to see list of supported resolutions. In my > >>case the active resolution was listed as 1280 x 1024.] > >> > > > >You will need to convert a font of your choice to GRUB's pf2 format: > > > > # grub-mkfont -o /boot/grub/fonts/example.pf2 -s 24 > > /path/to/Example.ttf > > > >(adjust the names to reflect your chosen font. The parameter to > >-s is the font size in pixels). > > > >Next up, tell grub that you want to use your new font. Add this > >to /etc/default/grub: > > > > GRUB_FONT=/boot/grub/fonts/example.pf2 > > > >Finally, > > > > # update-grub > > > I'm confused. We may be using the term "font" differently. The existing font > family is acceptable. I just wish to change size of existing font.
You presumably want to increase the size of what you *see* on the screen. Try GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 in /etc/default/grub. 'update-grub' and reboot. -- Brian.
