No grub menu or splash in 11.04 - how to get it back?

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Mon Dec 19 00:49:45 UTC 2011


On 12/17/2011 04:06 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 05:35:25PM -0800, NoOp wrote:
...
>> > change:
>> > #GRUB_TERMINAL=console
>> > to
>> > GRUB_TERMINAL=console
>> > 
>> > save the file. Then:
>> > 
>> > $ sudo update-grub
>> > 
> 
> In fact simply uncommenting the GRUB_TERMINAL line has brought
> everything to life.  I'm perfectly happy not having pretty graphics at
> boot time (the system stays on all the time anyway, reboots are only for
> testing and major changes).  

Glad that worked for you.

> 
> Is it possible to tell the 'console' to work at a higher resolution so
> that the messages don't wrap so much?
...
Try GRUB_GFXMODE=

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
/etc/default/grub (file)
  GRUB_GFXMODE=






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