Bug#567245: grub-pc: gfxpayload=keep renders system unbootable
hybris
hybris0 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 13:15:41 UTC 2010
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98~20100126-1
Severity: normal
I updated from 1.98~20091222-1 and now the boot process hangs after writing on the display:
Loading initial ramdisk ...
i tried to wait a bit too see if the boot process continues silently behind that point but it is not the case (also no disk activity is a clue of the fact that booting is not happening)
Removing:
set gfxpayload=keep
solves the problem.
It can be done directly editing the grub menu at boot if you have a PS/2 keyboard. The USB keyboard does not work.
Since i have an USB keyboard i think i'm going to edit the /etc/grub.d/10_linux script to avoid that directive to be added every time the grub.cfg is generated.
Unless there is a better solution of course.
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hdb7 /shared vfat rw,relatime,uid=1000,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/hdb
*********************** 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=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
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
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=it
insmod gettext
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, con Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686" {
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 root=UUID=3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d ro quiet
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (modalit?ipristino)" {
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 root=UUID=3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d ro single
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 2.6.31-1-686" {
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
echo Loading Linux 2.6.31-1-686 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-686 root=UUID=3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d ro quiet
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 2.6.31-1-686 (modalit?ipristino)" {
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
echo Loading Linux 2.6.31-1-686 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-686 root=UUID=3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d ro single
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 2.6.30-2-686" {
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
echo Loading Linux 2.6.30-2-686 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=UUID=3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d ro quiet
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (modalit?ipristino)" {
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
echo Loading Linux 2.6.30-2-686 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=UUID=3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d ro single
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 2.6.30-1-686" {
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
echo Loading Linux 2.6.30-1-686 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-686 root=UUID=3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d ro quiet
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (modalit?ipristino)" {
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d
echo Loading Linux 2.6.30-1-686 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-686 root=UUID=3f18f94a-9374-4a46-9cc6-08b45836700d ro single
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-686
}
### 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 unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT at euro, LC_CTYPE=it_IT at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
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 1.98~20100126-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii libc6 2.10.2-5 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:
pn desktop-base <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/hdb
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
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