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Splash screen resolution after installing nvidia driver on ubuntu 10.04

Asked by gackthugo

After i install ubuntu 10.04 (beta1 or beta2) i go and install the nvidia driver. But before that when booting the splash screen appears in the native resolution of my laptop screen 1366x1280. When installing the driver, after finishing it, a message appears telling me that an error occurred in the installation and then i reboot. When booting again the splash screen resolution changed to a "horrendous" 640x320 but the driver works ok as always. Can i change it to put it back like it was? If yes, how?

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Gackthugo,

For the majority of Lucid's development, Nvidia Proprietary driver uses didn't get a GUI Plymouth at all, instead getting a text Plymouth screen. Fairly recently this improved to a GUI Plymouth at 640x480 (on 4:3 displays).

I am unaware of a method to improve the Plymouth resolution, but it "may" be possible.

Hope you find an answer,
George

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gackthugo (gackthugo) said : 		#2

I searched for the plymouth files, and in the /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo there's a file "ubuntu-logo.script" which i looked at it, searching for something like "default resolution" that i could "change" in some ways, but nothing.
I´ll just keep searching.
Thanks for the your answer.

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Best George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

gackthugo,

Turns out this is easy to fix.

   gksu gedit /etc/default/grub

Add the lines:

   GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768x32
   GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

Where GRUB_GFXMODE is the resolution you want.

Good luck,
George

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gackthugo (gackthugo) said : 		#4

George,

Just finished adding those two lines, then made "grub-update" rebooted and works just fine.

Splash screen image appears like it should now.

Thanks for helping solving this "problem".

:)

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gackthugo (gackthugo) said : 		#5

Thanks George Standish, that solved my question.

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alexeagar (alexeagar) said : 		#6

Here's a better solution.

http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/