Bug#630926: grub-pc: Grub-pc boots extremely slow depending on 'AGP Apperture Size' value

Pvt. Pyle jambhala at gmx.com
Sat Jun 18 20:39:07 UTC 2011


Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.99-6
Severity: normal


I recently upgraded my computer, from 1GB of RAM to 4GB (1GB x 4 Corsair Memory all alike). Suddently, Grub was really,
really slow when booting. The grub's loading message remains on the screen during 20-30secs before boot. I removed the
memory and when the computer had 2GB of RAM grub booted normally. I set the memory back and the last feature I didn't
check was the 'AGP Apperture Size' in the BIOS. It was set to 256Mb and I reduced it step by step. When AGP Apperture Size
was set to 4Mb Grub booted normally.

After that I downgraded to grub-legacy, set AGP Apperture Size back to 256Mb and grub booted normally as well. Then
I upgraded to grub-pc and grub booted slow again. I can't leave AGP Apperture Size to 4Mb because openGL performance is
bad as hell (glxgears runs at less than 1fps).

So I think there is a problem with grub-pc. Meanwhile, I'm installing grub-legacy.		

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/root / reiserfs rw,relatime,notail 0 0
/dev/sda2 /home/ACME/Desktop/Documentos reiserfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,notail 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC
(hd1)	/dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST960821_A_††††††䰳ㅇ䵂奃-0:0
*********************** 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 reiserfs
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root fa1bb880-36b4-42f6-b929-42804492d47a
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=800x600
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod part_msdos
  insmod reiserfs
  set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root fa1bb880-36b4-42f6-b929-42804492d47a
  set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
  set lang=es_ES
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
set timeout=1
### 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 2.6.38.6' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod reiserfs
	set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root fa1bb880-36b4-42f6-b929-42804492d47a
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.38.6 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38.6 root=/dev/sda1 ro  quiet vga=795 acpi_enforce_resources=lax
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.38.6 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod reiserfs
	set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root fa1bb880-36b4-42f6-b929-42804492d47a
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.38.6 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38.6 root=/dev/sda1 ro single 
}
### 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

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat
cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory
*********************** END /proc/mdstat

*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jun 18 21:42 ata-HL-DT-STDVD-RAM_GH22NP20 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jun 18 21:42 ata-ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 18 21:42 ata-ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 18 21:42 ata-ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 18 21:42 ata-ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jun 18 21:42 scsi-SATA_ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 18 21:42 scsi-SATA_ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 18 21:42 scsi-SATA_ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 18 21:42 scsi-SATA_ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC-part3 -> ../../sda3
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-id

*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 18 21:42 7938adba-d2a0-47d2-b563-419e98db95c3 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 18 21:42 91c1db17-e6c7-4675-9d30-3d5f878da0bc -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 18 21:42 fa1bb880-36b4-42f6-b929-42804492d47a -> ../../sda1
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid

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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38.6 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]        1.5.39      Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                  1.99-6      GRand Unified Bootloader (common f
ii  grub-pc-bin                  1.99-6      GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  grub2-common                 1.99-6      GRand Unified Bootloader (common f
ii  ucf                          3.0025+nmu2 Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

grub-pc suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
  grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3120022A_3LJ0PGLC
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/disk_description:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/partition_description:
  grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
  grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true





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