Bug#541145: grub-pc: menu and kernels load extremely slow

[Michael Musenbrock]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20090808-1
Severity: normal

On Wed 09.08.12 08:30, Felix Zielcke wrote:
>Am Dienstag, den 11.08.2009, 15:19 -0700 schrieb Kevin Mitchell:
>>
>> This is a regression from 1.96+20090725-1.  After installing the new
>> version to the mbr with grub-install /dev/sda, it takes nearly a minute
>> to load the menu and then an other minute to load the kernel. During
>> this time I can hear a strange very regular clicking/beeping sound from
>> my hard disk as if the head is repeating the same motion over and over
>> again.
>>

Hi there, I have the same problem as Kevin, grub needs an extreme long time
until the menu is loaded, and after the selection the waiting goes on.

>
>The only thing I can think of which might affect this is the switch from
>ascii.pf2 to the unicode font unicode.pf2
>Try changing the font back in grub.cfg to ascii.pf2.
>But that shouldn't affect loading of the kernel.

I changed that for testing purpose, but there was no difference to the unicode
version. 

Any other suggestions?

Regards,
Mike


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/dc07d06d-b4ae-4f98-b274-2276d97aec3d / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda3 /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda5 /data/media ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda6 /data/files ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=5
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set dc07d06d-b4ae-4f98-b274-2276d97aec3d
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output.gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set dc07d06d-b4ae-4f98-b274-2276d97aec3d
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64" {
	set root=(hd0,2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set dc07d06d-b4ae-4f98-b274-2276d97aec3d
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=dc07d06d-b4ae-4f98-b274-2276d97aec3d ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set dc07d06d-b4ae-4f98-b274-2276d97aec3d
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=dc07d06d-b4ae-4f98-b274-2276d97aec3d ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file is an example on how to add custom entries
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers mike
  APT policy: (700, 'mike'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.27          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.96+20090808-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.9-25          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                      3.0018          Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.9-1  Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem

-- debconf information:
  grub-pc/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false