[SOLVED] How to change GRUB 2 to use text mode?

[johnpenguin]

I want to change GRUB 2 settings so that it uses text mode. I tried to change it using Mageia Control Center, yet it just reverts into graphics mode. Is there any way I can change it?

Upgrading a couple of Mageia 6 installations into 7 changed GRUB 2 into text mode on its own, so I know that somehow it should be possible.

[doktor5000]

You should edit /etc/default/grub and change GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX to text, that should be sufficient. See https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manua ... figuration for details.
Afterwards run update-grub2 as root to update grub configuration with the new defaults.

[johnpenguin]

Changing GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX to text would normally work, as I reaffirmed on machines with factory BIOS.

In this particular case though, I had to additionally change GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT to console to make it work. vga_text would work as well, but with some minor visual artifacts.