0006830: kali-themes: /etc/default/grub.d/kali-themes.cfg breaks 4K resolution in grub on boot

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006830	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2020-11-10 01:34	2025-07-14 09:38

Reporter	Balling	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	kali-dev

Summary	0006830: kali-themes: /etc/default/grub.d/kali-themes.cfg breaks 4K resolution in grub on boot
Description	Please, change GRUB_GFXMODE="1280x720,1280x800,auto" to GRUB_GFXMODE="auto,1280x720,1280x800". Because as of now it means that, for example, 4K or 3440×1440 resolutions (only grub-efi with GOP GPU driver, obviously) will not work (I edited /boot/grub/grub.cfg as I did not know about that file), not even talking about HDR or 30 bit color. Of course you may use "if" there like here https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/86207

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-11-10 01:34	Balling	New Issue
2020-11-10 08:27	rhertzog	Note Added: 0013674
2020-11-10 08:27	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2020-11-10 08:27	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2020-11-10 08:27	rhertzog	Resolution	open => won't fix
2025-07-14 09:16	g0tmi1k	Priority	urgent => normal
2025-07-14 09:38	g0tmi1k	Severity	crash => minor

rhertzog 2020-11-10 08:27 administrator ~0013674	Except that we have put this setting in place because the grub menu is unreadable with a too high resolution. https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/kali-themes/-/commit/1f7fae92cfa6a0ee54dbb132db834efc52465356 So we are not going to change this. But it's a configuration file, so feel free to change it for your needs.