Bug#422794: Starting is impossible

Wed May 9 20:14:02 UTC 2007

Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com> write:

> Can you explain that?  What happens when "font" is processed?

A screen shot is attached. The operation is not accepted from this state at all. 
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> Does your video hardware support vesa?

Yes, it works correctly if "c" is typed and input. 
 grub> font /boot/grub/unifont.pff
 grub> insmod gfxterm
 grub> set gfxmode=800x600x8
 grub> terminal gfxterm

Debian box is installed in /dev/hda2. The contents of generated grub.cfg are
the following:
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
 #
 # It is automaticaly generated by /usr/sbin/update-grub using templates from /etc/grub.d
 #

 ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
 set default=0
 set timeout=5
 set root=(hd0,2)
 font /boot/grub/unifont.pff
 set gfxmode=640x480x32
 insmod gfxterm
 insmod vbe
 terminal gfxterm
 ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

 ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###
 ### END /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###

 ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
 menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.21" {
         linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21 root=/dev/hda2 ro
 }
 menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.21 (single-user mode)" {
         linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
 }
 menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.21.1" {
         linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21.1 root=/dev/hda2 ro
 }
 menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.21.1 (single-user mode)" {
         linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21.1 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
 }

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###