The problem is that standard resolution in Ubuntu Server is too high in the main tty. I t should be 640x480 (vga).
Just set in /etc/default/grub:
GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
But also change:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset"
$> update-grub2; reboot
‘nomodeset’ was preventing it from switching to highest resolution.
When you remove ‘quiet’ it will say what it does at boot time. Well I would remove quiet as well – who doesn’t want to know what is going on?!
Thanks! Been trying to do this for a while
ReplyDeleteIt doesnt work in vmware. The window is resizing but system is still in old resolution. Any idea how to solve that?
ReplyDeleteI did it on a physical machine.... no idea, unfortunately.
DeleteThank you so much! I've been working on this for the better part of the day and finally got it working with your settings!
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