Bug#462497: grub-pc: debian theme not working

[Robert Millan]

[ Resending with the CC to BTS.  please keep it. ]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:27:43PM +0100, Florian Kriener wrote:
> On Sunday 03 February 2008 20:18:43 you wrote:
> > > I'm a bit confused.  Please, can you take a picture of that?  With and
> > > without commenting those three lines.
> > >
> > > And preferrably send it to grub-devel at gnu.org.  This means more eyes will
> > > look at your problem.
> >
> > Actually, please try 1.96+20080203-1 first.  A number of possible causes
> > for your problem have been fixed recently, and fallback code has been added
> > for robustness.
> >
> > Please report not only if you get a usable bootloader, but also if it fires
> > up graphical mode and whether it's using the debian background.
> 
> 1.96+20080203-1 works so far. I get a usable bootloader. I.e. I get the good 
> old text menu in blue and white, no fancy graphics though, but that is not a 
> problem, not for me at least.

You mean in text mode?  Sounds like fonts aren't loading properly.  Please
could you check why /usr isn't accessible from GRUB ?  (use 'ls' in the grub
console).

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Robert Millan

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