Setting console resolution in Ubuntu Server 13.10 within VMware
- by user205625
I've completed an install of Ubuntu Server 13.10 within VMware and am running into a problem configuring the console (non-graphical) resolution.
When I was running Ubuntu Server 13.04, I ran into the same problem... posted the question here, which I later solved by editing /etc/default/grub thus:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash vga=789"
I then ran sudo update-grub, sudo reboot and 13.04 stuck in a larger-size console mode... just what I wanted. BUT when I run the same commands in 13.10, during the reboot it changes to the new screen-res, BUT the screen stays black and I can't interact with it. I power down the VM, go back to a previous snapshot, and try again... and again.
Since the hwinfo package is no longer available, I can't run sudo hwinfo --framebuffer to see what options are available.
Ideas anyone?
Here are the uncommented settings in my /etc/default/grub file at this moment:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="find_preseed=/preseed.cfg"
GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY=false
GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600
