<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Brian, I think you are over working default/grub, especially on video. I've attached a comparison of my default/grub and Display settings in Xubuntu 18.04. I see that the grub video references 'graphical terminal' and 'VBE' . I suggest you try the default setting for Grub graphics. this might really improve your boot. The bootloader is not a full system and it may not have resources for the massive graphics you are requesting. Have you run 'vbeinfo' in the grub environment? You may be able to do that, though it may not run in grub2 or with EFI. I would review your changes to grub and undo what you have done there to just get the bootloader doing its job. Then you can use Display settings to enhance the GUI on your desktop. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Give it a try. Thank you, Ted P.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 9:13 PM Brian O'Keefe <<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hi a,</p>
<p>I finally got around to this and implemented your suggestions. I'
including my grub file as it now exists. After implementing the
changes my machine shuts down in a reboot but loads only the
splash screen and no further. If I boot it as opposes to reboot, I
get the newer kernel and the bad graphics. If I choose, manually,
the 4.15.0-48 kernel, it boots normally with the proper
resolution. Here's my grub file and thanks again!</p>
<p>Brian</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p># If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update<br>
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.<br>
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:<br>
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'<br>
<br>
#GRUB_DEFAULT="0"<br>
GRUB_DEFAULT="Ubuntu, with Linux 4.15.0-48 generic"<br>
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE="hidden"<br>
GRUB_TIMEOUT="0"<br>
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo
Debian`"<br>
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"<br>
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""<br>
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true<br>
<br>
# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs<br>
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel
that obtains<br>
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of
FreeBSD ...)<br>
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"<br>
<br>
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)<br>
#GRUB_TERMINAL="console"<br>
<br>
# The resolution used on graphical terminal<br>
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card
supports via VBE<br>
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'<br>
GRUB_GFXMODE="1366x768"<br>
<br>
# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx"
parameter to Linux<br>
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID="true"<br>
<br>
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries<br>
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"<br>
<br>
# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start<br>
GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"<br>
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<p><br>
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<div class="gmail-m_-2257541397516695317moz-cite-prefix">On 4/25/19 6:33 PM, Alucard wrote:<br>
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Hi Brian,<br>
<br>
If you are able to get to a x session (GUI) I would adjust grub
with grub-customizer. You can do this from command line, however,
it would mean adjusting /etc/grub.d files. <br>
<br>
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer ;
sudo apt update ; sudo apt install grub-customizer ;
grub-customizer<br>
<br>
<a class="gmail-m_-2257541397516695317moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.fosslinux.com/4300/how-to-edit-grub-bootloader-and-remove-unwanted-entries-in-ubuntu.htm" target="_blank">https://www.fosslinux.com/4300/how-to-edit-grub-bootloader-and-remove-unwanted-entries-in-ubuntu.htm</a><br>
<br>
However, I would probably would just tell grub to not display the
menu. As long as you're going to manually enter the GRUB_DEFAULT
option in /etc/default/grub<br>
<br>
I also forgot to tell you to run update-grub after you edit
/etc/default/grub<br>
<br>
So this is what you should do.<br>
sudo cp -p -v /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak<br>
sudo nano /etc/default/grub<br>
(Change GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to GRUB_DEFAULT="Ubuntu, with Linux
4.15.0-48 generic" ) (Make sure you include the double quotes, "")<br>
(Also add this any where in the same file, just make sure it has
it's own line to itself, GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true ) (Ctrl + O
then Ctrl + X to save and exit)<br>
sudo update-grub<br>
sudo systemctl reboot<br>
<br>
That should force that particular kernel to load on it's own,
without a grub menu at boot time. <br>
<br>
Jared<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail-m_-2257541397516695317moz-cite-prefix">On 4/25/19 5:54 PM, Brian O'Keefe
wrote:<br>
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<p>Many thanks Jared,</p>
<p>I will give this a shot tomorrow. I don't think it will fix
the restart issue but perhaps this kernel is magical. I will
find out. Any idea why my user name would show up in the Bios
boot order? Do you think it's something I could delete safely?</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Brian<br>
</p>
<div class="gmail-m_-2257541397516695317moz-cite-prefix">On 4/25/19 5:40 PM, Alucard wrote:<br>
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Hi Brian, <br>
<br>
I think this should work.<br>
<br>
sudo cp -p -v /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak<br>
sudo nano /etc/default/grub<br>
(Change GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to GRUB_DEFAULT="Ubuntu, with Linux
4.15.0-48 generic" ) (Make sure you include the double quotes,
"") (Ctrl + O then Ctrl + X to save and exit)<br>
sudo systemctl reboot<br>
<br>
See if that will do what you're asking. TBH I'm use to
systemd-boot, not grub. It's been a while since I've used
grub. If that change broke things, you can move the grub.bak
file back to /etc/default/grub<br>
<br>
Jared<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail-m_-2257541397516695317moz-cite-prefix">On 4/25/19 5:18 PM, Brian O'Keefe
wrote:<br>
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<p>I tried a bunch of fixes but found one that worked! I
edited / "etc/default/grub" and manually changed the
screen resolution to 1366x768. that may have worked so I
shutdown (hard) and booted (after, once again, moving my
user name down in the boot order in the Bios) and
successfully bringing up the Grub menu. I arbitrarily
picked 4.15.0-48 generic and lo and behold Wifi, sound,
resolution, xrandr output shows many screen res. options
and things seem to be ok, for now. I would like this
kernel to be the first choice for booting. I'm sure there
is a simple way to do this. can anyone enlighten me? I
would really appreciate it but I can also search and I'm
sure there is a solution to be found.</p>
<p>Talk about Ghosts in the Shell!!</p>
<p>Thanks for your indulgences!<br>
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