Fix low screen resolution at Ubuntu 10.04 start up

This post was written by admin on August 28, 2010
Posted Under: General

If you have a low screen resolution at starting up Ubuntu 10.04 after installing graphics drivers,you can try following method to set the boot screen resolution to what you want.

First,edit /etc/default/grub file in with this command Applications->Accessories->Terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

add this line into the end,and save the file:

GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768x32

here change 1024x768x32 to what you want.

Finally,update grub to apply the change:

sudo update-grub

Done!

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