Bug#1110759: the boot menu does not display during installation when using UEFI

[Pascal Hambourg]

reassign 1110759 grub-efi-amd64 2.12-9
thanks

On 12/08/2025 at 15:42, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Please reassign to grub-efi-amd64, yeah.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 07:26:42AM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>
>> What's next ? Reassign to grub-efi-amd64, or include the workaround in
>> installation images grub.cfg ?
>>
>> On 12/08/2025 at 01:14, Leonardo Bruno wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, exactly as you described: the boot menu is invisible but remains
>>> functional. Through blind selection (using keyboard navigation), I
>>> was able to launch and complete the installation successfully.
>>>
>>> After testing, I confirm this is a duplicate of the issues referenced
>>> (#1088356 and #1110446). The workaround proposed in [3]
>>> (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65503#comment2) resolves the problem
>>> as expected.
>> (...)
>>> Em segunda-feira, 11 de agosto de 2025 às 19:09, Pascal Hambourg
>>> <pascal at plouf.fr.eu.org> escreveu:
>>>> On 10/08/2025 at 23:37, Leonardo Bruno wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When testing both netinst and dlbd (double layer Blu-ray) media, the
>>>>> boot menu does not display during installation when using UEFI mode with
>>>>> Secure Boot enabled. The menu is only displayed when using the BIOS
>>>>> (legacy) boot option.
>>>>
>>>> Do you mean that the boot menu was invisible but functioning and could
>>>> launch the installation ? If yes, can you check if it is a duplicate of
>>>> #1088356 [1] and #1110446 [2] and the workaroud proposed in [3] works
>>>> for you ?
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1088356
>>>> [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1110446
>>>> [3] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65503#comment2