Bug#241899: grub: Won't boot until a terminal is connected

[Jan Minar]

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Package: grub
Version: 0.91-2
Severity: important

Hi!

With ``terminal serial'', grub won't boot unless the terminal is attached. =
 In
fact, it probably doesn't even load the menu.

I have pppd connected to the serial terminal line on the client side, and h=
ave
to switch it off and fire up minicom by hand.  When minicom is started, I f=
ind
the grub in the menu or at the commandline (I presume this is because of the
random bash pppd sends).  When there is no pppd running, i.e. nothing is
attached to the /dev/ttyS0, the menu is what I see having fired up minicom.=
  On
no occasion grub has booted unattended.  The physical line is the 3-wire ba=
re
minimum. =20

Unattended bootup should be possible regardless of whether a serial termina=
l is
attached or not.  Not having a timeout, or specifying one of the pausing
commands is the way to not having grub booted.

Cheers,
Jan.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Kernel Version: Linux kontryhel 2.4.25-jan #2 SMP Fri Feb 20 15:23:11 CET 2=
004 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages grub depends on:
ii  libc6          2.2.5-11.5     GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timez=
one
ii  libncurses5    5.2.20020112a- Shared libraries for terminal handling

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