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Increase Console Resolution In Ubuntu

Higher resolution means more text in the same window this especially applies to the console. The following was tested in Debian 7 Wheezy and Ubuntu 13.04. With Grub 2 with can easily increase the resolution by making a few changes.

Console Resolution

Open and edit the grub file.

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nano /etc/default/grub

Search for the following line and uncomment “#GRUB_GFXMODE=640“, modify it to include a higher resolution such as 1440x900. Also add the line “GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep“.

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GRUB\_GFXMODE=1440X900
GRUB\_GFXPAYLOAD\_LINUX=keep

The lines above should be what increases the console resolution. Now update Grub.

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sudo update-grub

And restart the system.

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sudo shutdown -r now

Now you should be able to make better use of your monitor resolution. HTOP 1440x900

, , — Sep 22, 2013