Re: Scale grub resolution on a HiDef screen (Fedora 23)?

[CS DBA <cs_dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/17/2015 08:49 AM, CS DBA wrote:

On 11/13/2015 11:46 PM, Tim wrote:

Allegedly, on or about 13 November 2015, CS DBA sent:

GRUB_GFXMODE='1368x768x32; 1368x768x24; 1280x720x32; 1280x720x24; 
800x600x32; 800x600x24; auto' 

Wild guess:  Rather than give a list of compatible resolutions, try just
listing a low resolution one that gives you a big chunky display.

That, or look into if you can specify the font (a big one).

Tried multiple resolutions, as well as a bigger font via these steps:

1)  grub2-mkfont -s 32 -o /boot/grub2/DejaVuSansMono.pf2 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf

2)  Edit the /etc/default/grub file adding a line:
GRUB_FONT=/boot/grub2/DejaVuSansMono.pf2

3)  Update GRUB configuration with:
sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg


4)  reboot


Still no luck...

Anyone have any thoughts?





All;

I managed to get the grub boot screen to scale like this:


1) made a new font:
# grub2-mkfont --output=/boot/grub2/LiberationSerif-Regular.pf2 -s 36 -v /usr/share/fonts/liberation/LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf


2) made my /boot/default/grub file look like this:

GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)"
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.lvm.lv=fedora_f23host/root rd.lvm.lv=fedora_f23host/swap rhgb quiet"
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
# GRUB_GFXMODE="1440x900x32;1440x900x24;1024x768x32;1024x768x24;auto"
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_FONT=/boot/grub2/LiberationSerif-Regular.pf2
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_TERMINAL=gfxterm


3) Deployed the change to my EFI grub config:
# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg

So now I have a readable font when the laptop boots, per the boot menu.  Now I would like to figure out how to force the subsequent boot information to be a readable font.

Anyone have any ideas?


Thanks in advance

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