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I am a new user of Ubuntu and only recently have had problems with booting. It either fails to recognize my monitor or sends me directly to a grub screen rather than booting completely. This is my grub file:

GRUB_DEFAULT="0"
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT="0"
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET="true"
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="reboot=efi"
GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1200x60

I'm curious about the reboot=efi. In my research, I've seen that they are not included in other codes. Could this be a problem?

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Please indicate your Boot-Info URL. This will help us understand your problem. – LovinBuntu Jul 29 '12 at 0:04
paste.ubuntu.com/1118652 – kara Jul 30 '12 at 1:52

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I believe that "reboot=efi" is for when something fails. As for your grub menu if you change that line where it says

GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

to

GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

You won't get a grub menu anymore. As for your resolution issues I am very good at dealing with and would love to assist with that also if you need.

Very Respectfully,

Matthew Kaulfers

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thanks for the tip--I'll try it. As for resolution, I have a View Sonic VP2330wb. It is an older monitor, but I have a brand new dvi cable I'm using. Since this problem has started, once I get Ubuntu loaded, the resolution is really bad, and when I go to display settings, it says I have a laptop screen (I'm not using multiple monitors) and won't let me use a resolution higher than 1024x768. I would appreciate any help. – kara Jul 26 '12 at 2:37
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Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT=0 is not recommended as you would be (nearly) blocked in case of problem with a kernel update. Better leave 1 or 2 seconds. – LovinBuntu Jul 29 '12 at 0:03
Okay, that is good to go--just fixed that. – kara Jul 30 '12 at 1:42

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