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Proper way to change terminal resolution in Ubuntu Server 13.04? [duplicate]
I'm running Ubuntu Server 13.04 in a VMware VM running only in command-line mode (i.e. no GUI). It defaults to a 640x480 screen resolution, but I'd like to increase that to either 800x600 or 1024x768.
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Maximum terminal resolution in ubuntu server virtual box guest
I have a VM machine running ubuntu 14.04 (guest) on a Win7 host. I currently have the resolution of the server set to 1024*768 by adding this
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash xvga=1024x768x24"
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Resize font on boot message screen and console
I have a high resolution screen on my laptop (3200x1800px) and I disabled the boot-image
( How do I disable the boot splash screen, and only show kernel and boot text instead? )
I also managed to ...
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Ubuntu Server 15 terminal resolution
Running an Ubuntu Server 15.10 as a guest VirtualBox VM, on a Windows 10 host.
Default terminal resolution is too small and messy, and I want to maximize the terminal or at least get it to a bigger ...
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Configure Linux Text mode Size (Rows and Columns)
I'm having issues with controlling the size of a text-mode program. This is a database program (Dataflex) that I recently had working on Windows 98 DOS mode and now am moving it to Linux.
I have ...
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can't set TTY resolution in ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu server 16.04 installed on a virtualbox vm - no Xorg.
Trying to change resolution same way as with previous ubuntu versions.
in /etc/default/grub:
GRUB_GFXMODE=1152x864
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep
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How to change screen resolution in ubuntu 16.04 (VGA compatible controller: XGI Technology Inc. (eXtreme Graphics Innovation))
I want to change screen resolution to higher value, here is what I have try:
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$ cvt 1280 1024
# 1280x1024 59.89 Hz (CVT 1.31M4) hsync: 63.67 kHz; pclk: 109.00 MHz
Modeline "1280x1024_60.00" ...
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Screen goes blank after boot options on 15 inch monitor but it works fine on 19 inch
I have a problem with Ubuntu 14.04. server. When I plug in a 15-inch monitor, the screen shows boot options and then goes blank, but the boot process continues and I'm able to log in with ssh, the ...
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"Signal Over Range!!" and grub/update doesn't fix
3.19.0-26-generic #28-Ubuntu T
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880 [Radeon HD 4200]
Hercules ProphetView monitor
This is a server, with no x-windows or ...
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How to set the console font size? [duplicate]
If I enter the command
ctrl-alt-f1
The first console is displayed. The default font of this is way to small and I want to reset it. On other Linux and Unix like systems I can easily do this with ...