rbmorse - 2019-01-10

Hi Rod & Co.

New installation of rEFInd from the Ubuntu PPA into Ubuntu 18.10 on an ASUS Z97 series motherboard. Nvidia GTX 970 video adapter using the proprietary Nvidia 390 series driver. Single Dell 24 inch LCD display.

Installation nominal, no errors.

When the machine starts the rEFInd boot selection screen appears as it should. Chosing to boot to GRUB works totally normally. (but takes awhile as expected). No problems.

However, when I try to boot the kernel directly (4.18.0-10), the system comes up with a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 instead of the desired 1900 X 1200. The GNOME-SETTINGS utility reports a display was not detected and there are no other options for screen resolution. I just realized I have not verified which video driver was loaded. I'll follow up. Everything else functions normally.

I could successfully boot the kernel directly with REFInd on the same hardware with Fedora 28, but that's been removed from the machine.

The UEFI settings have compatability support mode set to "auto" and secure boot set to "other O/S". There is no option to totally disable secure boot. The settings have not changed.

Appreciate any insight or assistance. If this is covered by the rEFInd documentation, all I need is a pointer.

Thanks in advance and thank you for rEFInd.

Ron Morse