[SOLVED] My Arch icon on booting is a mess!

Hi, all.
Just done an install of Arch on my main PC :-). When the PC boots, I get the two Arch logos at the top of my boot messages. Unlike an install on another box, they look really messy, as if the colour depth is wrong, or something.
On the test box that I used for Arch, the logo was sharp and sexy.
Does anyone know the best way to change the definition on the graphic? All other boot text if fine.
Many thanks,
Chris.
Last edited by chris_debian (2009-03-13 17:24:39)

Looks something a little like this (beginning of file not shown):
# for more details and different resolutions see
# http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Framebuffer_Resolution
# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/8a7d23cb-8952-4221-8230-6b7fff74ec93 ro vga=323
initrd /kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/8a7d23cb-8952-4221-8230-6b7fff74ec93 ro vga=323
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img
# (2) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1
Cheers,
Chris.

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