Bug#1119955: grub-efi-amd64: grub 2.14 rc start in vga mode. grub 2.12 was starting with a better resolution

Eric Valette eric.valette at free.fr
Sun Feb 22 11:26:38 GMT 2026


On 2/21/26 19:28, Eric Valette wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Nov 2025 23:10:19 +0100 Eric Valette <eric.valette at free.fr> 
> wrote:
> 
>> grub 2.12 resolution was using a resolution that was not vga without 
>> anything in my
>> settings (in /etc/default/grub I mean)
>>
>> Now I have the old vga resolution from 10 years ago.
>>
>> It does boot correctly however but I must wait until framebuffer/ 
>> driver is up.
>>
> 
> Still not fixed in 2.14-2. Visually hardly acceptable.
> 
> 

Even worse: playing with GRUB_GFXMODE I managed to render my system 
unbootable, hanging forever in amd gpu initialisation.

Had to boot on rescue, install manually old grub.

Please at least propose solutions!

-- 
Eric Valette



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