Bug#267844: system freezes when grub boot default kernel after timeout

[Andrea Borgia]

Package: grub
Version: 0.95+cvs20040624-8
Severity: important

On my Acer 1357LMi laptop, I have set a 5 seconds timeout for grub, then the
system boots with the default kernel.

All is fine if I manually confirm the selection before the timeout elapses, 
otherwise the menu disappears and the system is apparently frozen with a 
blank screen. A powerdown is the only remedy.

I thought bug 139774 was related and I tried rebuilding grub from
unstable using the patch proposed in that report, but nothing changes.
A friend with the very same laptop reports no problems whatsover with
Lilo booting by timeout.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8.1clarisse
Locale: LANG=en_IE@euro, LC_CTYPE=en_IE@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_IE@euro)

Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5                 5.4-4        Shared libraries for terminal hand

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