Bug#654645: 00_header: graphics mode fails due to loadfont check in big disk setup with /boot partition

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

tag 654645 fixed-upstream
thanks
On 04.01.2012 21:20, Vassilis Virvilis wrote:
> Package: grub-common
> Version: 1.99-14
> Severity: normal
> Tags: d-i
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I have the following setup.
>
> * What led up to the situation?
>
> A machine with old bios but with a new large and non supported by the bios
> disk. As a consequence I created a different /boot partition at the start
> of the disk hoping that the kernel and /boot/grub will be addressable by
> the bios during boot.
>
> Furthermore I wanted to enable enable graphics mode and pass it to the linux
> kernel later on with the GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep option.
>
> grub fails to enter the graphics mode because of loadfont failure.
>
> More specifically,
>
> in /etc/grub.d/00_header one can find:
>
> if loadfont `make_system_path_relative_to_its_root "${GRUB_FONT_PATH}"` ;
> then
>    set gfxmode=${GRUB_GFXMODE}
>    load_video
>    insmod gfxterm
>
> in /boot/grub/grub.cfg the above fragment becomes:
>
> if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
>    set gfxmode=1280x1024
>    load_video
>    insmod gfxterm
>
> However /usr/share/grub resides on the / partition and it is inacessible
> by the BIOS.
>
> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
>
> I changed by hand /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 to /boot/grug/unicode.pf2 in
> /boot/grub/grub.cfg and I copied the file there.
>
> * What was the outcome of this action?
>
> It boots fine now and it enters graphics mode - but I have to do that
> manually every time I upgrade grub-common
>
> * What outcome did you expect instead?
>
> I would prefer the contents of /usr/share/grub/ to be placed in /boot/grub.
> The disk space required is about 12MB.
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: wheezy/sid
>    APT prefers unstable
>    APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>
> Versions of packages grub-common depends on:
> ii  gettext-base        0.18.1.1-5
> ii  libc6               2.13-24
> ii  libdevmapper1.02.1  2:1.02.67-2
> ii  libfreetype6        2.4.8-1
> ii  libfuse2            2.8.6-4
> ii  zlib1g              1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3
>
> Versions of packages grub-common recommends:
> ii  os-prober  1.49
>
> Versions of packages grub-common suggests:
> pn  desktop-base   6.0.7
> pn  grub-emu<none>
> pn  multiboot-doc<none>
> pn  xorriso<none>
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko