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

Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko phcoder at gmail.com
Sun Mar 4 00:59:53 UTC 2012


tag 630926 fixed-upstream
thanks
On 18.06.2011 22:39, Pvt. Pyle wrote:
> 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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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko






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