I did a clean install of Ubuntu Server 18.04.2 LTS and the terminal is off-white with light grey text. I suspect it is something to do with my GPU with is Radeon HD 6670 but I cannot seem to exactly figure out what is wrong.
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For anyone that runs into the same issue.
Use boot-repair-disk.iso and using Etcher (for MacOS) or Rufus (for Windows) create a bootable USB with the ISO.
After you boot from the bootable USB, simply reinstall GRUB and the graphics are rendered as expected. I believe GRUB is installed fresh without any extra settings which reverts the issue from default GRUB settings within the latest Ubuntu installation.
Also comparing the GRUB config file (/etc/default/grub), I noticed these lines have changed:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
I cannot guarantee if changing the settings to this helps, but reinstalling the GRUB from boot-repair definitely resolved the issue.
