Originally Posted by
guber2
I am using a normal DVI connection in Ubuntu and the custom font settings work for me.
I just noticed your grubscreen pic where the text looks larger than normal but maybe just a result of HDMI.
As you seem to have a fair amount of knowledge about customizing grub, was wondering if you knew a font that didn't make dotted side borders?
Yes, it must be the DVI connector causing the need to use a different font.
I always had to create the font and point to it in /etc/default/grub.
As I mentioned I used to use this to create the font:
Code:
sudo grub-mkfont --output=/boot/grub/fonts/DejaVuSansMono.pf2 \
--size=24 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf
It would give some errors but, still created the font.
Then in /etc/defaut/grub at about line 13 I would insert this:
Code:
GRUB_FONT=/boot/grub/fonts/DejaVuSansMono.pf2
The default font is /boot/grub/fonts/unicode.pf2.
This used to provide me with a perfect Grub menu like the one I posted. But, when I went from DVI-HDMI to HDMI-HDMI things drastically changed.
This computer will be 9 years old in April and came with a DVI-HDMI cable. I replaced the video card and got an HDMI port so I use the HDMI-HDMI cable.
Now, there is no need for me to create the font or plug it in /etc/defalt/grub. If I do the font becomes way too big.
Maybe try that and see what happens. It should work for you.
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