Bug#544155: please test this GRUB snapshot

[Robert Millan]

On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 07:20:44PM +0200, Maik Zumstrull wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
> 
> > > Again, it doesn't go into graphical mode by itself, and boots okay
> > > in console mode. Here are the results for different commands on the
> > > console:
> > > 
> > > terminal_output.gfxterm:
> > > Clears the screen and prints "error: No suitable mode found."
> > > 
> > > vbetest:
> > > Displays some data and "Press any key to continue". After pressing a
> > > key, prints "error: unsupported pixel format 0x0".
> > > 
> > > vbeinfo:
> > > The system hangs for a moment, then reboots. Nothing gets printed.
> > > 
> > > videotest:
> > > Prints "error: No suitable mode found."
> > 
> > Ok.  We will consider this a failure.  This bug is somewhat hideous,
> > so it might fail differently with each version, but we're reasonably
> > sure it's the same bug.
> > 
> > Would you please test the version in squeeze (1.96+20090808-1)?
> 
> Fails. Same as above for terminal_output.gfxterm and vbetest, but
> vbeinfo actually prints something with this version, the infamous
> "unaligned pointer" message, before crashing and rebooting. Right
> before the reboot I see another message "No operating system found"
> that I think comes from the Thinkpad BIOS, not grub.

And the one in lenny (1.96+20080724-16)?

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