Bug#604609: grub-pc: Wrong display of characters on boot screen

[V. Gaibler]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100804-8
Severity: normal
Tags: l10n

Grub boot loader in squeeze does not show the usage instructions (displayed
below boot selection menu) correctly according to locale. In my case the
language is correctly set to German, but any non-ascii characters as umlauts or
quotation marks are only displayed as "?". Furthermore, the text is incomplete.

In my case (German locale), the displayed text reads as:
Verwenden Sie die Tasten [up] und [down] , um Eintr?ge hervorzuheben und
auszuw?hlen.
Dr?cken Sie die Eingabetaste, um das ausgew?hlte Betriebssystem zu
booten, ?e? zum Bearbeiten der Befehle vor dem Booten oder ?c? f?r




-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda2 /boot ext2 rw,relatime,errors=continue 0 0
/dev/mapper/sda7_crypt /home xfs rw,relatime,attr2,noquota 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500BEVE-00WZT0_WD-WXE209V38655
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by 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
}

function load_video {
  insmod vbe
  insmod vga
  insmod video_bochs
  insmod video_cirrus
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c8fb74e3-4a38-4e65-a3f1-e7aa9e6bc34f
set locale_dir=($root)/grub/locale
set lang=de
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, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c8fb74e3-4a38-4e65-a3f1-e7aa9e6bc34f
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt ro  quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c8fb74e3-4a38-4e65-a3f1-e7aa9e6bc34f
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### 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 ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
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]    1.5.36          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.98+20100804-8 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.11.2-7        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1       2:1.02.48-4     The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  ucf                      3.0025+nmu1     Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.6      common files for the Debian Deskto

-- debconf information:
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500BEVE-00WZT0_WD-WXE209V38655
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/disk_description:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/partition_description:
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true