Bug#615893: grub boot menu crashes on 80 characters on linux lines

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

Should be fixed upstream now.
On 06.03.2011 07:43, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
> I have the same problem and found this bug report.
> Some further observations:
>
> - It only seems to happen when GRUB runs in a wider than 80
>   characters screen mode (using "set gfxmode=..."). In plain 80x25,
>   longer lines are wrapped and the bug does not occur. So maybe this
>   is a relic from when GRUB didn't support changing screen modes.
>
> - It does not only happen on the "linux" line. In my tests, it
>   happened reproducibly on some lines and reproducibly not on
>   others, but I couldn't discern a pattern regarding which lines.
>
> - When the original line in grub.cfg is already longer than 80
>   characters, it doesn't happen, and I can extend the line even
>   further without crashing.
>
>
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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