I've completed an install of Ubuntu Server 13.10 within VMware and am running into a problem configuring the console (non-graphical) resolution.

When I was running Ubuntu Server 13.04, I ran into the same problem... posted the question here, which I later solved by editing /etc/default/grub thus:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash vga=789"

I then ran sudo update-grub, sudo reboot and 13.04 stuck in a larger-size console mode... just what I wanted. BUT when I run the same commands in 13.10, during the reboot it changes to the new screen-res, BUT the screen stays black and I can't interact with it. I power down the VM, go back to a previous snapshot, and try again... and again.

Since the hwinfo package is no longer available, I can't run sudo hwinfo --framebuffer to see what options are available.

Ideas anyone?

Here are the uncommented settings in my /etc/default/grub file at this moment:

GRUB_DEFAULT=0

GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0

GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false

GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="find_preseed=/preseed.cfg"

GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY=false

GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600