Bug#541145: Disable graphical terminal speeds up boot time

[Axel Ludszuweit]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97~beta3-1
Severity: normal

I have the same problem descibed by the bug creator.
After disable graphical terminal only ~10 seconds needed between

- Welcome Grub message and
- boot select menu.

The grub minimal shell does not appear any more.
The /usr directory needed in graphical terminal mode is a RAID / LVM partition and
the /boot directory is homed in a seperate RAID partition.

I hope, this observation helps to find the bug.


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/OS_1-root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/md0 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/data_1-home /files1 ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/data_2-files /files2 ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/data_1-files /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/OS_1-opt /opt ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/OS_1-tmp /tmp ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/OS_1-usr /usr ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/OS_1-var /var ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
(hd1)	/dev/sdb
*********************** 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
if terminal_input console ; then true ; else
   # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
   # understand terminal_input
   terminal console
fi
if terminal_output console ; then true ; else
   # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
   # understand terminal_output
   terminal console
fi
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64" {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod ext2
	set root=(md0)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 17a5098a-5f17-483a-859b-55196a012e52
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/OS_1-root ro  quiet
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod ext2
	set root=(md0)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 17a5098a-5f17-483a-859b-55196a012e52
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/OS_1-root ro single
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64" {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod ext2
	set root=(md0)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 17a5098a-5f17-483a-859b-55196a012e52
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/OS_1-root ro  quiet
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod ext2
	set root=(md0)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 17a5098a-5f17-483a-859b-55196a012e52
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/OS_1-root ro single
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-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 provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
   APT prefers testing
   APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.27       Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                 1.97~beta3-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii  libc6                       2.9-25       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                         3.0021       Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
pn  desktop-base                  <none>     (no description available)
ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.9-1  Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem

-- debconf information:
   grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
   grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda, /dev/sdb
   grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
   grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet