Bug#575624: grub-pc: framebuffer vesafb broken with gfxpayload=keep

Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko phcoder at gmail.com
Fri Apr 2 21:08:29 UTC 2010


dr4Ke wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.98-1
> Severity: normal
>
>
> A fresh network installation of debian squeeze in a VirtualBox virtual machine.
> /etc/default/grub modified with :
> GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600
> GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
>
> The boot process is fine until gdm is starting. It brakes the console framebuffer 1-6.
>
> This issue is new, introduced by 1.98-1 version of grub-pc. I didn't have this issue on previous installations running version 1.98~20100115-1.
>
>   
In your kernel config you need to have:
CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
and
CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING=y
> -- Package-specific info:
>
> *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/0686c945-7911-42ac-8d0c-ab46c87fee19 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
> *********************** END /proc/mounts
>
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
> (hd0)	/dev/hda
> *********************** 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 ###
> if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
>   load_env
> fi
> set default="0"
> if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
>   set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
>   save_env saved_entry
>   set prev_saved_entry=
>   save_env prev_saved_entry
>   set boot_once=true
> fi
>
> function savedefault {
>   if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
>     saved_entry=${chosen}
>     save_env saved_entry
>   fi
> }
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,1)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0686c945-7911-42ac-8d0c-ab46c87fee19
> if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
>   set gfxmode=800x600
>   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
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,1)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0686c945-7911-42ac-8d0c-ab46c87fee19
> set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
> set lang=en
> insmod gettext
> set timeout=5
> ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,1)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0686c945-7911-42ac-8d0c-ab46c87fee19
> insmod png
> if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/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, with Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
> 	insmod ext2
> 	set root='(hd0,1)'
> 	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0686c945-7911-42ac-8d0c-ab46c87fee19
> 	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 ...
> 	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-amd64 root=UUID=0686c945-7911-42ac-8d0c-ab46c87fee19 ro vga=791 quiet
> 	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
> 	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-amd64
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (recovery mode)" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
> 	insmod ext2
> 	set root='(hd0,1)'
> 	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0686c945-7911-42ac-8d0c-ab46c87fee19
> 	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 ...
> 	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-amd64 root=UUID=0686c945-7911-42ac-8d0c-ab46c87fee19 ro single vga=791
> 	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
> 	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-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: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
> ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.28     Debian configuration management sy
> ii  grub-common                   1.98-1     GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
> ii  libc6                         2.10.2-6   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
> ii  ucf                           3.0025     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
>
> -- debconf information:
>   grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
>   grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
> * grub-pc/install_devices: (hd0)
>   grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
> * grub2/linux_cmdline:
>   grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
> * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
>   grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
>
>
>
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>   


-- 
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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