mint 9 plymouth boot screen resolution

[basti]

With the proprietary nvidia driver my boot resultion just looked crappy. Here's a short fix:

Open a terminal and install hwinfo:

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apt install v86d hwinfo

run

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sudo hwinfo --framebuffer

to detect possible resolutions.


edit grub settings:

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sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

replace

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

with

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1024x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"

(means resolution 1024x768 running in 24bits color depth)
same file edit this line too:

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#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

to

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GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768

save the file and exit gedit.

In terminal again:

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sudo gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

add in:

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uvesafb mode_option=1024x768-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap

, save and exit.

terminal:
(enforce frame buffering)

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echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash

update grub settings:

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sudo update-grub2

regenerate initramfs

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sudo update-initramfs -u

Here's the German blog post http://oyox.de/index.php?/archives/113- ... ndern.html I got the information from.


best regards and have fun with mint 9

[beefstu]

You should also be able to do this using the startup manager which has been included in Mint 9

[remoulder]

ou should also be able to do this using the startup manager

Problem is startup manager has still not been rewritten properly for grub2 and inserts the deprecated vga= line on the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line overwriting (currently) anything already there instead of using the GRUB_GFXMODE option. Having said that the solution posted above will probably break suspend/hibernate on laptops.