HowtoMatrix

This is a comprehensive HOWTO to change your TTY (Ctrol+Alt+F1) and bootscreen resolution. I am sure we have all noticed the low resolution used while Linux is booting up, and also of the TTY (Ctrol+Alt+F1). The resolution of the TTY is set as a paramater given to the kernel before it loads. GRUB is responsible for booting the kernel, so we need to tell GRUB to tell the kernel what resolution we want. GRUB’s list of boot options is contained in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst.

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