Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2

2013-02-28 Thread D.J.J. Ring, Jr.
Hello Bruce, The "problem" with this is that grub.cfg says "Do Not Edit this File". Why cannot grub2 have an easy way to change console resolution? When I open console programs, the display is tiny. Also console programs with ncurses graphics are tiny. These would be full screen if I could mak

Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2

2013-02-28 Thread Bruce Dubbs
D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: Hello Bruce, The "problem" with this is that grub.cfg says "Do Not Edit this File". The reason it says this is that it is embedded in the script grub-mkconfig. It overwrites the grub.cfg, but if you don't run that and only do manual edits, then it's not there. The p

Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2

2013-02-28 Thread D.J.J. Ring, Jr.
This is way too complicated for the average user. Also some distro's don't have menu.list - I have none for example with Arch Linux. GRUB used to have a way of just adding at the grub menu the vga mode. It was simple. Can't that be done with GRUB2? David On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Bruce

Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2

2013-02-28 Thread Bruce Dubbs
D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: This is way too complicated for the average user. Yes. I have to agree with that. My comments were directed at advanced users. Also some distro's don't have menu.list - I have none for example with Arch Linux. menu.lst was the configuration file for Grub Legacy.

RE: Console Resolution with GRUB2

2013-02-28 Thread Gerard Butler
Wasn't there a graphical application that let you select the resolution for grub? I know KDE had it built into the system settings. > Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:48:45 -0600 > From: bruce.du...@gmail.com > To: grub-devel@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2 > > D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wro

Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2

2013-02-28 Thread Andrey Borzenkov
В Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:44:05 -0500 "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." пишет: > Hello Bruce, > > The "problem" with this is that grub.cfg says "Do Not Edit this File". > > Why cannot grub2 have an easy way to change console resolution? > info grub2 > Configuration > Simple configuration `GRUB_GFXMODE' Se

Re: Console Resolution with GRUB2

2013-02-28 Thread Andrey Borzenkov
В Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:13:47 -0600 Bruce Dubbs пишет: > D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > > Hello Bruce, > > > > The "problem" with this is that grub.cfg says "Do Not Edit this File". > > The reason it says this is that it is embedded in the script > grub-mkconfig. It overwrites the grub.cfg, but if yo