Bug#1088356: grub-efi-amd64: boot menu & splashcreen not displayed on my system with grub 2.12 (works with 2.06)

[Fab Stz]

It is likely this bug is the same as the one reported upstream at

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?65503


I'm citing below the workaround that is mentioned there
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?65503#comment2

 > As a follow-up to my previous comment (in case anybody is listening),
 > I found out that I could also work around the issue by printing
 > anything on the console, before switching to gfxterm (so, without any
 > delay). E.g. with the following:
 >
 >    echo "Loading bootloader..."
 >    terminal_output gfxterm

Adding only the 'echo "Loading bootloader..."' line at the beginning of 
/boot/grub/grub.cfg works too.