GRUB_GFXMODE not honored with grub-efi-x86_64 [SOLVED]

graysky · 2012-09-02 15:15:20

Just converted my system from grub-bios to grub-efi-x86_64. Everything is fine except for the resolution of grub. I have it set to 1920x1080x32 but it is displayed as something less given how big and blocky the grub menu is to my eyes.

$ sed '/#/d' /etc/default/grub
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet init=/bin/systemd"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1080x32
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-blue/black"
GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="light-cyan/blue"
GRUB_BACKGROUND="/boot/grub/genesis.png"

My grub.cfg is indeed updated based on these.

$ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found background: /boot/grub/genesis.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-ck
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-linux-ck.img
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
done

Finally, this is a valid mode for my Intel 4000 HD:

$ sudo hwinfo --framebuffer                          
02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer                           
  [Created at bios.459]
  Unique ID: rdCR.QgFYtsmQZBC
  Hardware Class: framebuffer
  Model: "Intel(R) Sandybridge/Ivybridge Graphics Controller"
  Vendor: "Intel Corporation"
  Device: "Intel(R) Sandybridge/Ivybridge Graphics Controller"
  SubVendor: "Intel(R) Sandybridge/Ivybridge Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS"
  SubDevice: 
  Revision: "Hardware Version 0.0"
  Memory Size: 255 MB + 960 kB
  Memory Range: 0xe0000000-0xeffeffff (rw)
  Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
  Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
  Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+832), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
  Mode 0x037d: 1920x1080 (+1920), 8 bits
  Mode 0x037e: 1920x1080 (+3840), 16 bits
  Mode 0x037f: 1920x1080 (+7680), 24 bits
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

Last edited by graysky (2012-11-17 18:35:25)

cfr · 2012-09-05 01:45:05

I use

set gfxmode="1366x768x32;1366x768x24;1024x768x32;1024x768x24;auto"

I'm not sure this is quite right. I think that the first mode (which is really correct) isn't supported and it is actually falling back to one of the 1024x768 modes. But it does improve things quite a lot. So you might see if adding some different possibilities helps at all. I'm not actually sure that "auto" wouldn't work just as well in my case, to be honest.

graysky · 2012-11-17 18:35:14

Thought I would update this thread. The problem is not with grub but with the BIOS. One needs to disable compatibility mode for EFI/BIOS boot options (at least on my board) to access higher resolutions.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-09-02 15:15:20

GRUB_GFXMODE not honored with grub-efi-x86_64 [SOLVED]

#2 2012-09-05 01:45:05

Re: GRUB_GFXMODE not honored with grub-efi-x86_64 [SOLVED]

#3 2012-11-17 18:35:14

Re: GRUB_GFXMODE not honored with grub-efi-x86_64 [SOLVED]

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