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[Solved] [Solved?] Increasing the Resolution of the TTY/Virtual Terminal

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[Solved] [Solved?] Increasing the Resolution of the TTY/Virtual Terminal

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I have a very old Laptop that I'm trying to make into a little Linux box. The only issue is that seemingly, the terminal is way too small.
I should specify, by "terminal" I mean the actual proper full-screen, white-text-on-black-background no-GUI pure-CLI terminal that scares new Linux users when they accidentally hit Ctrl+Alt+F1. By "too small", I mean the resolution is about 800 by 600 pixels - when it should be around 1024 by 768 pixels.

Now, I have already tried what should be a fix. In the file /etc/default/grub, I've added the command GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768. I then saved the file, ran the command update-grub as root, and then rebooted. I should also note that I was able to change the Kernal boot parameters beforehand using this method, so the change to the resolution of the Virtual Terminal should have taken effect. But alas, nothing.

Can anyone help me on this one? It'd be greatly appreciated.
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Re: [Installation] Increasing the Resolution of the TTY/Virtual Terminal

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# dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
set to a larger font size

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Re: [Installation] Increasing the Resolution of the TTY/Virtual Terminal

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CwF wrote: 2022-12-07 01:28

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# dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
set to a larger font size
That... isn't what I'm asking. This is about the resolution - not the font size. But I'll try. If it works, and I'm just an idiot, then I'll personally apologise as I say the issue is resolved.

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Re: [Installation] Increasing the Resolution of the TTY/Virtual Terminal

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CwF wrote: 2022-12-07 01:28

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# dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
set to a larger font size
Alright, that did not work... I think. I'm doing a fresh install, and if me retrying what I originally did in hopes that something magically went wrong without my knowledge after reinstalling the entire operating system doesn't work, then I'll try what you've suggested. But I really don't feel like that'd work.

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Re: [Installation] Increasing the Resolution of the TTY/Virtual Terminal

#5 Post by p.H »

What GPU does this laptop have ?

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lspci -nnkd ::300
dmesg |grep -Ei "frame|console|fbcon"

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Re: [Installation] Increasing the Resolution of the TTY/Virtual Terminal

#6 Post by act »

For some reason, after reinstalling Debian, the issue fixed itself. I was, as I was before, able to increase the resolution to my terminal by way of adding

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GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768
to my GRUB config file. I have no idea what caused the initial issue - my best guess is divine intervention.

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