<div dir="auto">Brian, ok, thanks. I think pursuing the graphics firmware and checking out others' experience with that model laptop might help. See you Thursday, it will be good to have broader input on solutions. Thank you, Ted</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, May 20, 2019, 8:30 AM Brian O'Keefe <<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Thanks Ted</p>
<p>I made the changes last night Ted, so the default wasn't changed
other than the resolution which was a minor increase from the
default. If I don't have the display setting as I do and I allow
the default settings to boot grub then I end up back where I was;
bad resolution, no detecting the display and no option to increase
it (in the Displays GUI). There is only one option and it is way
too low. Even with the display set as it is in the grub settings,
the display is still low and not changeable if I allow the machine
to boot with the newest (or any 4.18* kernel). Booting with a
4.15* kernel then allows me to change the resolution with several
options, including 1260x768, which is high enough. I added the
1366x768 to see if I could change the res. with a 4.18* kernel and
I cannot as the GUI doesn't have any other options for display
res. <br>
</p>
<div class="m_-7635324379581231110moz-cite-prefix">On 5/19/19 8:23 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:<br>
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<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>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Give it a
try. Thank you, Ted P.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 9:13
PM Brian O'Keefe <<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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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>
</p>
<p><br>
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<div class="m_-7635324379581231110gmail-m_-2257541397516695317moz-cite-prefix">On
4/25/19 6:33 PM, Alucard wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> 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="m_-7635324379581231110gmail-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" rel="noreferrer">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="m_-7635324379581231110gmail-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="m_-7635324379581231110gmail-m_-2257541397516695317moz-cite-prefix">On
4/25/19 5:40 PM, Alucard wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> 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="m_-7635324379581231110gmail-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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