On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Don deJuan <donjuansjiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Maybe you are using GRUB2 with the GFX options this link talks about: >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/**index.php/GRUB2#Setting_the_** >> framebuffer_resolution<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2#Setting_the_framebuffer_resolution> >> >> That probably has a similar effect to the "vga=" option in the command >> line. Removing them, or adding "vga=0" (or both, to be extra safe) should >> do. >> >> I am on grub2. Makes total sense now, for some reason I was not putting > the GFX options together with the VGA. > > Does that mean gfxmode should also =0 ? Instead of auto or a specific > resolution? > GRUB2 documentation is notably difficult to read, but from http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Simple-configuration.html#Simple-configuration I guess that the relevant option to disable this feature is to use "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text" instead of "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep". -- Rodrigo