I am using the different setting video=1280x1024 to reduce the font size when I switch to ctrl+alt+F1. The fonts are *HUGE* if I use 1280x800. My monitor is an Acer x203 with a resolution 1680x1050. Look console mode 1280x800 makes the grub2 menu appear on the screen just right. If I increase the console mode setting to 1280x1024 then the height of the menu gets smaller. vga=795 = video=1280x1024 I've been using this configuration for years. Since openSUSE 10x.