Bug#535026: KMS not working after booting with grub-pc 1.96+20090628-1 (unstable)

[Robert Millan]

forcemerge 534944 535026
thanks

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:09:33AM +0800, Jos van Wolput wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.96+20090628-1 (unstable)
> Severity: important
> System: Debian Sid
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-rc8-686 (kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel)
> Processor: Pentium M, 852GM/855GM
>
> I am using KMS with module i915 modeset=1.
> When booting with the latest version  of grub-pc (20090628), after loading module i915 modeset=1 the booting process
> is no longer shown on the screen until gdm is loaded.
> VT screens 1-6 are all showing the gdm login screen although without mouse pointer and no keyboard input.
> Only VT screen 7 works normally.
>
> When booting with version grub-pc_1.96+20090611-1, the screen is set to high resolution and KMS works perfectly.

Hi,

Same thing I said in #534944:

I'm uploading 1.96+20090629-1, which includes some cleanup in the Linux
loader.  It's possible your problem might disappear with this version,
please report.

Note: Try it in text mode first (run "terminal_output console" in GRUB
prompt).  If that _does_ work, try from gfxterm then.

Note2: If you can't wait, the patch you want is:
  svn diff -r 2372:2375 svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/grub/trunk/grub2

Thanks!

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