Changing resolution of your Ubuntu Server command line in VMWare Fusion
Once again I find myself blogging about something that took way too long to solve. If you want to change the console / cli / command line resolution of your Ubuntu Server running in VMWare Fusion then this is what you need to do:
Edit the grub template file:
sudo vi /etc/default/grub
Add the desired resolution from the table below to the file:
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ----+------------------------------------- 256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307 32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319 64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A 16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINE="vga=0x317"
Trigger an update to all the grub config files by issuing the following:
sudo update-grub
Check it works :)
sudo reboot
You will get a message saying that “vga=” has been depreciated and that you should use GFXPAYLOAD instead. Unfortunately you cannot easily add that param to your /etc/default/grub file without changing a whole bunch of other stuff.
See here for more information:
UPDATE: I’ve since been told this doesn’t work for all users. I’ve done a bit more searching and the easiest solution is to simply use Mac OSX Terminal at full screen :)