[How to] Fix the Plymouth boot screen when using proprietary graphics drivers

By , Published May 8, 2011

Using ‘proprietary/restricted’ drivers for Nvidia and ATI graphics cards often results in a less-than-perfect looking boot screen.

Although purely a cosmetic flaw – it doesn’t impeded the boot speed or performance – its one that greets you time and time again. Thankfully the script below does, in most cases, ‘fix’ it.

‘Fixing’ the Plymouth boot screen in Ubuntu

Open a terminal and enter the following commands separately, allowing for each to complete before entering the next.

  • wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/57638460/fixplymouth
  • chmod +x fixplymouth
  • ./fixplymouth

This last command will install extra packages should they not aready be installed). You will then need to set your desired screen resolution for Plytmouth when prompted.

fix plytmouth screen in ubuntu

For example, my screen size is 1440×900 so I entered: -

  • 1440×900-24

Don’t know your screen resolution? Open the ‘Monitor’ application to find out.

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HHS3YNBYUFBBEPUESRLV747QOM Dylan

    … or install startup manager from Ubuntu Software Center and do the same thing but with a GUI!

    • http://profiles.google.com/klevin92 Kleverson Royther

      I didn’t know this app, I tried it here but it blacked out my splash screen (which only had a purple background, it wasn’t working at all) <See my comment up there for more information.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HHS3YNBYUFBBEPUESRLV747QOM Dylan

    … or install startup manager from Ubuntu Software Center and do the same thing but with a GUI!

  • Anonymous

    is this using something different than the v86 method from way back when?
    edit: just looked at the script, so no its not……..

  • Anonymous

    is this using something different than the v86 method from way back when?
    edit: just looked at the script, so no its not……..

  • Anonymous

    This is no good at all we are in 2011 and we still see this problems :-(

    • Anonymous

      It used to work with usplash. They never bothered fixing plymouth; they want the closed source drivers to implement KMS.

      But I honestly don’t understand why this fix isn’t in Ubuntu by now. It’s not a difficult fix. It’s not a hack. It’s just a configuration issue.

  • http://twitter.com/mickstep Michael Stephenson

    Anyone else find that using BTRFS on large filesystems causes a ridiculously long FSCK at each boot?
    The only resolution to which is to disable the filesystem from being fscked in fstab.

  • http://www.facebook.com/viktor.reseleshki Виктор Реселешки

    aand why there’s no 1080p???

    • http://www.facebook.com/yurkovsky Andrey Yurkovsky

      1280×720?

      • http://profiles.google.com/durand1 Durand D’souza

        @facebook-1671265199:disqus B Nope, it’s 1920×1080 for 1080p.

      • http://profiles.google.com/durand1 Durand D’souza

        @facebook-1671265199:disqus B Nope, it’s 1920×1080 for 1080p.

  • http://profiles.google.com/klevin92 Kleverson Royther

    I’ve already seen this script, I’ve even used it in Natty here. So what? Grub worked just fine (even with that purple background), but Plymouth does not show the Ubuntu splash screen, only the purple background. Now what?

    If you need useful information, my resolution is 1024×728 and I used 1024×728
    -24. What should I do?

  • http://twitter.com/faisdotal Faisal Ahmed

    I am stuck, there is no 1366×768-24 option? =[

    • Anonymous

      You have to go for 1024×768-24 and enjoy some stretchiness..

  • http://profiles.google.com/jamaicauitzetter Jamaica Uitzetter

    This worked :)

  • Anonymous

    It didn’t worked for me, it was better bedore.

    Doen anyone know how to revert it?

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JV5O24NEMJJOOMZNR77SVD75GY kumar

      Me too,please help me how to revert this one..Now my Resolution is ugly

      • Anonymous

        Reverting is easy:

        gksu gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

        When gedit open this file, simply delete the last line. It should have the resolution you set.

        Then:

        echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash

        sudo update-grub2

        sudo update-initramfs -u

        Source:http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml

        • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JV5O24NEMJJOOMZNR77SVD75GY kumar

          @vs8:disqus I tried the above one,still not able to change the resolution..What to do to get my resolution back

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1807442308 Joseph Abbey

        My computer on the tv is usually ugly starting up but the boot screen is only a nit picky thing.
        yearoflinux.com

  • Parry

    Another page to keep in a persistent bookmark until the team decides that this shouldn’t be a problem to begin with and issue auto fixes…

  • http://aug19photo.tumblr.com/ Auguste Lephotographe

    Thanks a lot. It works with perfectly with configuration 1366×768

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000506027293 Marcel Engelmann

    Who’s still using their drivers? You can also use the nouveau driver. It doesnt break any bootsplashs and works very well with Natty, even with all compiz-effects enabled. The nouveau driver gets better and better if one asks me…Way to go, devs!

    • Anonymous

      yes, its true but there are some cases where nouveau may not work for some computers

      But still the devs are working to get everything perfect, so i would use the proprietary drivers from ATi for now

    • http://profiles.google.com/tommy.brunn Tommy Brunn

      Pretty much everyone are using the proprietary drivers, as it turns out. (I base this off of a highly scientific and statistically valid show of hands done at Linux Fest Northwest)

    • http://profiles.google.com/h.venhorst hugo venhorst

      i tried the nouveau 3d driver, and it crashes my x-session after time.

      here’s the bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/755359

      it’s set to ‘won’t fix’ so i’m back at nvidia’s drivers…
      for ever?

    • http://profiles.google.com/h.venhorst hugo venhorst

      i tried the nouveau 3d driver, and it crashes my x-session after time.

      here’s the bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/755359

      it’s set to ‘won’t fix’ so i’m back at nvidia’s drivers…
      for ever?

    • dakira

      Yeah.. nouveau works SO well with natty (or maverick for that matter) that a fresh install won’t even boot (because the nouveau driver chosen by default doesn’t work with my graphics card). I have to boot from live-cd, chroot into the system and install and activate the nvidia-drivers to get my computer to boot.

    • dakira

      Yeah.. nouveau works SO well with natty (or maverick for that matter) that a fresh install won’t even boot (because the nouveau driver chosen by default doesn’t work with my graphics card). I have to boot from live-cd, chroot into the system and install and activate the nvidia-drivers to get my computer to boot.

    • http://www.manishsinha.net Manish Sinha

      While I would like the
      nouveau drivers to become better and better, it’s 3D support is experimental and 3D performance of proprietary driver is a lot lot better than
      nouveau

      .

      Even on gnome-panel without enabling compositing, my screen tears pretty often. It renders the driver useless.

      Even though the blob driver has it’s own share of problems, no way the nouveau driver performs better 3D than blob driver

    • http://profiles.google.com/frodowiz frodo wiz

      @facebook-100000506027293:disqus

      i am using nvidia driver because there is no support beyond basics and never will be for my laptop card.. i wish the free driver project the best but my laptop needs the binary blob (i must have my wobbly windows)..

      however, the free drivers work reasonably well on my 6 year old desktop running ubu11.04 and 10.10 with ati.. even have wobbly windows :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jan-Kowalski/100001960044211 Jan Kowalski

    Is this also working with intel 4500M?

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XY4IXS3UFPWPP57LQA5UN5WGL4 Fakhruddin

      i think intel gpu don’t need any proprietary driver, does it?

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jan-Kowalski/100001960044211 Jan Kowalski

        But i can’t to set 1300×800 resolution. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XY4IXS3UFPWPP57LQA5UN5WGL4 Fakhruddin
  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JV5O24NEMJJOOMZNR77SVD75GY kumar

    @joey:disqus Hi Friends,I am totally messed with this..Before installing this script,my screen resolution is 1024*600 ,which is good and perfect,now i installed this script and it changed my screen resolution to some other,which is wiered and looking ugly,i did to change the resolution from monitors,but it is not working..Urgent help needed,to remove the script and to get back my originall resolution..tried to remove the script,but not working..

  • http://profiles.google.com/fredrik.tykosson Fredrik Tykosson

    Does this still remove Burg with the Nvidia drivers?

  • http://www.facebook.com/oodiegoooo Diego Silva

    Usually I fix it with this issue with Startup-Manager. I think the result is good enough.

  • http://twitter.com/TheWitchdoktor Damián

    Still not working for me :(

  • http://twitter.com/TheWitchdoktor Damián

    Still not working for me :(

  • http://twitter.com/TheWitchdoktor Damián

    Still not working for me :(

  • https://launchpad.net/~s-mika Mkaysi

    Please tell how to BREAK it (make it to show only text). It could tell more interesting things than show Ubuntu and five circles.

    • The Negative Shape

      Uninstall the default plymouth theme and it will show it in text mode.

      Can’t give exact instructions as I’m in windows.. natty won’t start ;(

      • Mika Suomalainen

        Thanks, I’ll try that.

        • http://profiles.google.com/h.venhorst hugo venhorst

          couldn’t you just edit grub?

          remove ‘quiet’, so you’ll see text, and remove ‘splash’ so it doesn’t show plymouth.

          you could copy the original line in the grub file, paste it under itself, and comment it out, should you want to turn things back to standard in the future. no need to go and break plymouth.

    • The Negative Shape

      Uninstall the default plymouth theme and it will show it in text mode.

      Can’t give exact instructions as I’m in windows.. natty won’t start ;(

  • http://www.facebook.com/chriskerrigan Chris Marcus Kerrigan

    Thanks guys! This worked perfectly. The lack of a real boot screen drove me nuts.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HZILZGJ4PKNN67IK7JYXIKHLSM DjznBR

    There you go, Ubuntu Silly Bugs.

  • Anonymous

    It’s embarrassing how much Plymouth (for Ubuntu) sucks. In 11.04 I had problems even with the open source ATI/AMD drivers.

  • http://journal.jakubrusinek.pl/ Jakub Rusinek

    If your BIOS doesn’t support your display’s native resolution, eg. 1080, you can kiss your nose and you won’t get smooth transition between Plymouth and GDM…

  • http://profiles.google.com/p4d573r Pad Ster

    “set your desired screen resolution for Plytmouth when prompted”

  • Dietmar Wolf

    Since Natty booting is a dream on my machine. Faster and no strange text messages anymore.

  • Dietmar Wolf

    Since Natty booting is a dream on my machine. Faster and no strange text messages anymore.

  • https://launchpad.net/~turezky turezky

    Widescreen resolution don’t work :(

  • http://twitter.com/m4ri4n0 Mariano

    This is the only way I work my http://www.taringa.net/posts/linux/10479567/Reparar-Plymount-con-Burg—_Ubuntu-11_04_.html sorry but not write well English

  • http://twitter.com/SanzaBlanco Curtis Cook

    Completely screwed up my resolution on my laptop and the functionality of Unity. Does anyone know how to change it back?

  • Anonymous

    Hm. It would be interesting to integrate some sort of feature that uses usplash or something similar when a proprietary driver is in use without a set resolution. Or a script that decides the resolution based on the last resolution at shutdown (it isn’t likely you’ll need to use plymouth with closed drivers until your first shutdown).

    Still, this would be an extra amount of automation I’m sure a lot of users (and developers) wouldn’t feel entirely comfortable with. We’ll see where things go- it’d be nice to get this issue done with and perfect plymouth to the point that every distro wants to use it.

  • http://profiles.google.com/yjmalmsteen705 Yngwie Malmsteen

    For me today was a bad day……i turned my pc on and then figured out that my nvidia drivers are not used anymore……it’s like they blacklisted my video card! Does anyone know about this issue? I read somewhere that it’s not cos of drivers but cos of unity.

    • Anonymous

      I’m not sure how I fixed this problem, because it did happen to me after a reboot ( I usually put my PC on sleep and rarely shut it down), but try this:

      sudo jockey-text -e xorg:nvidia_current

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1648895227 Amanda De Fuenla

    Help needed!! I’ve just run this script but it didn’t work. I typed my resolution (1368×768-50) and after rebooting I couldn’t see the Playmouth and when it logged in, it was the clasic desctop without effects and with a wrong resolution. I logged out and back into unity and worked, but I have some weired things, such the window shadows, and every time I boot my sustem it logs into the clasical desktop without effects. Does anyone know how to undo this?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_M26FCBAJIBEUF3NPZF5M32VPRQ Wiki

    Try this one at your own risk, as they say.

    It completly broke my system: I could not shut down the computer anymore, or start it, unless in the revory mode.

    The only way to revert the changes are here : http://kyleabaker.com/2010/07/11/how-to-fix-your-ubuntu-boot-screen/

  • http://profiles.google.com/aloctavodia Osvaldo Martin

    I just applied this “solution” and now i don´t have Unity, just the classic desktop with an awful, awful resolution… if i found out how to revert/fix this i will tell you…

  • http://profiles.google.com/aloctavodia Osvaldo Martin

    at the end of this post there is an script to revert the changes http://kyleabaker.com/2010/07/11/how-to-fix-your-ubuntu-boot-screen/ :-)

  • http://twitter.com/Conemetztli Conemetztli

    This is the worst version of ubuntu i’ve tried so far (natty), sometimes it loads the sound driver, some times it doesn’t. I have successfully installed the Nvidia drivers but transparency doesn’t work even though the configuration seems to be correct. Unity is not working and when I try “unity -replace” it just makes a mess. My system stops working without any reason at all. Probably I’ll move to Fedora or MAC-OSX even.

  • http://twitter.com/neologist_ L.A.A.

    Well… I tried it and all I got was a Classic Gnome desktop with distorted resolution. But I solve that, and maybe this can help others with the same problem:

    Download this: http://www.kyleabaker.com/downloads/ubuntu/scripts/plymouth-resolution-fix-revert-back.sh.zip

    Via terminal, go to the directory where’s the file was downloaded, extract it and then:

    sudo chmod +x
    plymouth-resolution-fix-revert-back.sh

    sudo ./plymouth-resolution-fix-revert-back.sh

    This is what is recommended here: http://kyleabaker.com/2010/07/11/how-to-fix-your-ubuntu-boot-screen/

    You gotta do this, but it won’t solve your problem by itself.

    After that, type in the terminal window:

    sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

    There’ll be a line similar to this one:

    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet
    splash nomodeset
    video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280×1024-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap”

    Replace it with this one:

    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet
    splash”

    The next line must stay like this:

    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”"

    The #GRUB_GFXMODE stays like this:

    #GRUB_GFXMODE=640×480

    Save and close the file.

    In a terminal window, type the following command:

    sudo gedit
    /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

    Delete the last line (the uncommented one), which should be something like that:
    uvesafb
    mode_option=1280×1024-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrapSave and close the file.Then, thype those commands in a terminal window:sudo update-grubsudo update-grub2sudo update-initramfs
    -uThis should reverse all those things that the script did, but try it at your own risk. Worked for me.

    • http://twitter.com/GallardoElias Elias

      Thanks!! This fixed plymouth for me, and also the mess the script did.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JV5O24NEMJJOOMZNR77SVD75GY kumar

      @LAA : Thanks a lot man..You help me..My Resolution is back again..I decided to re-install once again..but you help me a lot..My systen is Acer Aspire one 532h resolution is 1024×600..Once again,thanks a lot

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JV5O24NEMJJOOMZNR77SVD75GY kumar

      @LAA : Thanks a lot man..You help me..My Resolution is back again..I decided to re-install once again..but you help me a lot..My systen is Acer Aspire one 532h resolution is 1024×600..Once again,thanks a lot

    • daas88

      What about BURG users?

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JV5O24NEMJJOOMZNR77SVD75GY kumar

      @L.A.A :Your Solution helped me a lot..But that script made my netbook to boot slowly.before installing the script,my netbook boot’s faster,now it is taking time to boot and some commands are running when it is booting..Any suggestion??

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JV5O24NEMJJOOMZNR77SVD75GY kumar

      @L.A.A :Your Solution helped me a lot..But that script made my netbook to boot slowly.before installing the script,my netbook boot’s faster,now it is taking time to boot and some commands are running when it is booting..Any suggestion??

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JV5O24NEMJJOOMZNR77SVD75GY kumar

      @L.A.A :Your Solution helped me a lot..But that script made my netbook to boot slowly.before installing the script,my netbook boot’s faster,now it is taking time to boot and some commands are running when it is booting..Any suggestion??

    • http://profiles.google.com/abdallah.hodieb Abdallah Hodieb

      Thanks for that , u really saved me

    • Giorgio Loi

      L.A.A…. you rock!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PA2BBKW37RXJR2EFQNWSEASBCU Mauro

    After running the script, compiz doesnt start automatically anymore, but all the cfg files are ok. Go figure…

    I completely agree with who’s said this is one of the worst releases ever. I installed it 3 times (latest nvidia drivers wont make compiz work; virtualbox hangs, themes randomly selected at startup…) and still *on the same machine* maverick runs like a treat!

  • http://profiles.google.com/h.venhorst hugo venhorst

    “this will fix your computer”

    *click*

    *breakage ensues*

    somehow this script keeps popping up on more and more blogs, and keeps breaking peoples machines. i know, i know, people should think before they click stuff on the internet, but i’d rather see a post that made it less easy for people to break their macines.

  • dakira

    Oh my god. Can you please stop telling people to mess with their config without warning them? Just look at all the comments of people having no clue at all what they’re copy and pasting into their terminals. For all I know the script delete all files on my system.

    Looking at the script the guy who wrote it doesn’t know what he’s doing either. The script is not creating backup files and its usage of sed just looks stupid.

    So please. Either tell people how to properly fix plymouth with explanations on what they’re doing and how to revert it, or don’t post stuff like this at all.

    It appears the average reader of omgubuntu will blindly do everything you write. So go handle your responsibility that comes with that!

    And by the way.. the script probably won’t work on a fresh natty install because the stock files look differently than the script assumes (which it SHOULD check).. This might have worked in maverick, but /etc/default/grub looks different in natty.

    • http://dmenounos.myopenid.com/ Dimitris

      Right, lets treat people like clueless idiots and *protect* them from their ignorance!

      • dakira

        That is not, what it’s about. The goal should be to educate people to make good choices. And having a huge audience who are likely to make bad choices (just read the comments) is a good position to educate the right people.

        It doesn’t even take much. A disclaimer would be a good start. This article is no different from an article saying “hey.. pasting :(){ :|:& };: into a terminal will double your RAM”.

        You could of course argue that people learn better by making mistakes.. that was certainly true for me. But what they could also take away from this is “meh, ubuntu sucks” or “omgubuntu sucks”. A small word of wisdom here and there really helps.

    • http://www.facebook.com/pisandelli Pedro Pisandelli

      @dakira:disqus, I agree with you. I was one of the readers who trusted blindly this post and I lost all configuration. The screen now keeps black, sometimes purple, sometimes with mysterious colored lines. It’s just frustrating. Since I installed Natty, I just have problems with my notebook, which for years was simply wonderful and running perfectly stable. Today, applications crash constantly, the system is slow, the boot is slow (and now black). Unity broke my interface completely to the point of needing a new installation. Disappointment after disappointment. I just want to be able to get some relief and help reading this blog, but from what I see, I can not. They not even remember that not everyone uses the Unity.

      • http://www.facebook.com/logan.ny Logan del Sol

        You can try the solution posted by L.A.A. later in the comments. It brought me back to the correct setup.

    • http://profiles.google.com/kicelo Raymond Terrific

      What do you expect from a site with “OMG” in the name.

    • http://profiles.google.com/jasonabarnett Jason Barnett

      @dakira:disqus @facebook-100000325641623:disqus I also agree with both of you. Ubuntu is used by a lot of GUI oriented individuals and the more command line crap that gets thrown at them the more disillusioned they’ll be. OMG has a responsibility to validate the quality and robustness of the code they link to; and where they can’t be arsed to warn as much. If you’re asking the general community to open up a terminal and paste stuff, make sure it bloody works.

    • http://profiles.google.com/jasonabarnett Jason Barnett

      @dakira:disqus @facebook-100000325641623:disqus I also agree with both of you. Ubuntu is used by a lot of GUI oriented individuals and the more command line crap that gets thrown at them the more disillusioned they’ll be. OMG has a responsibility to validate the quality and robustness of the code they link to; and where they can’t be arsed to warn as much. If you’re asking the general community to open up a terminal and paste stuff, make sure it bloody works.

    • http://johannpopper.myopenid.com/ Johann Popper

      lol. Why is the Linux community full of free speech police who go from comment box to comment box yelling at everyone who tells somebody how to do something themselves, for fear that the “average user” won’t know what they’re doing? You people are worse than the worst sort of totalitarian censors. How else will anyone learn, except by experimentation, and yes, often failure? Give me a break. Give us all a break and shut up.

      • dakira

        Wow, censorship. Strong words. I have another one for you. Responsibility. Why not take a minute longer before posting a script off the internet and take a look at it.

        People trust this site and this site posts stuff that bricks their computers. Of course you can say “haha.. idiots.. why didn’t you check the script before running it.” But the people coming to this site don’t know that they have to.

        So as someone else wrote: either post something, that is safe or explain the possible consequences of using it.

        • http://johannpopper.myopenid.com/ Johann Popper

          Then start your own website and suggest nothing but safe things to do. Meanwhile, most people will still be here looking for interesting things to play around with. This is not an official site. It has no responsibilities. It’s for fun. And it should be obvious to everyone that anything you do that you don’t understand can possibly have disastrous consequences. It goes without saying. Hence, no disclaimer is necessary.

          So I say again, I wish the Linux community wasn’t full of pompous pouting pseudo-officials who treat everybody else like children.

          • dakira

            Man.. I really don’t know where your hate is coming from. I’m not talking about treating readers like children. Just look at the comments to this article and you know what I mean. Lots of people have bricked their computers. If you have a popular site you just can’t post stuff like “‘sudo rm -rf /’ will make your boot prettier”.. and if you do, tell people to be careful. This should be in the interest of omgubuntu, too. One day a stupid sucker will sue Ohso for posting stuff that broke his machine.

            But again. I don’t understand where your hate is coming from. I hope it makes you feel better, when I tell you I won’t start my own site where I tell people what to do.  I also won’t trouble you or omgubuntu-editors with any more suggestions.

            I just looked at the post, thought “hey.. this will break lots of people’s machines” and saw this comment box. I then put 1+1 together and figured the comment box might be for commenting on the article. If I was wrong and that offended you or your religious beliefs, I’m deeply sorry.

        • http://johannpopper.myopenid.com/ Johann Popper

          Then start your own website and suggest nothing but safe things to do. Meanwhile, most people will still be here looking for interesting things to play around with. This is not an official site. It has no responsibilities. It’s for fun. And it should be obvious to everyone that anything you do that you don’t understand can possibly have disastrous consequences. It goes without saying. Hence, no disclaimer is necessary.

          So I say again, I wish the Linux community wasn’t full of pompous pouting pseudo-officials who treat everybody else like children.

  • http://profiles.google.com/reds.angelo Angelo Rossi

    This doesn’t work…it install GRUB 1.9 rc and deletes any plymouth animation…Thanks for the service!!!

  • Anonymous

    @do0d This post should be removed since it’s apparently broken for Natty. There are other ways to get a proper splashscreen with proprietary drivers.

  • http://twitter.com/freezeeedos freezeeedos

    It works perfectly on 10.04. Thank you for the tip, for some reason, this problem was driving me crazy on my computer at work.

  • http://profiles.google.com/arty.net Arturo Rinaldi

    I installed “grub-customizer” by Daniel Richter on a fresh installation of Natty

    ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer

    and then set my resolution to 1280x1024x16 in the program options. I have an old Nvidia 6800GT graphic card. The proprietary drivers are the ones from the ubuntu repos (the latest version –> i.e. Current). Then saved configuration and rebooted. It works well lexcept for the fact that the grub menu is slightly moved in the top left of the monitor….

    ….maybe you should enter grub command line by pressing “c” in the boot menu, digit “vbeinfo” and look for a supported resolution. Then put it in the grub-customizer options.

    let me know if this works for you

    bye, Arturo

  • http://profiles.google.com/ubuntor2000 Samuel Kim

    Use the updated version for natty. (somewhere in these comments by
    Jonathan Moerman)
    If you’re using burg, this will not work, and just fix the resolution. (at least for me)
    To fix this (after running the script), open up both /etc/default/grub and /etc/default/burg, or run this.

    sudo gedit /etc/default/grub /etc/default/burg

    Copy the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= line from the grub file to the burg file.

  • daas88

    My screen resolution is 1360×768… since it’s not among the list of available resolutions, which one should I pick for better results?

    • http://twitter.com/jonathanmoerman Jonathan Moerman

      In that case I recommend to take a slightly lower resolution, else it may screw up your proprietary driver…

  • http://blog.sk8er.name Sk8er
  • http://blog.sk8er.name Sk8er
  • http://profiles.google.com/jplebreton Jean-Paul LeBreton

    Is there a launchpad bug # for this? It looks really bad for Ubuntu’s ease of use for there to be so much interest in such an ugly, potentially risky workaround.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ingalex Alessandro Ingalex Lanave

    Tutorial and video tutorial: How to set Burg/Grub2 resolution and fix Plymouth with Super-boot-manager
    http://www.sourceslist.eu/blog/how-to-set-burg-resolution-and-fix-plymouth-with-super-boot-manager/

 
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