Bug#557130: grub2: update-grub do not works with gfxpayload

Saulo Soares de Toledo saulotoledo at gmail.com
Thu Nov 19 18:20:05 UTC 2009


Package: grub2
Version: 1.97+20091115-1
Severity: normal

Grub2 in Debian do not allow the use of "set gfxpayload" option indo
grub.cfg, update-grub command remove it if the configuration is manual.

gfxpayload allow us change the console resolution, but Debian default files
do not have this option to use with.

A possible solution:
1) Into /etc/grub.d/00_header, add "set gfxmode=${GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD}"

2) Into /etc/default/grub, add "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep"
"keep" is the default option for gfxpayload, it will get the value of "gfxmode"

And now, if we need another resolution, we can edit /etc/default/grub and
put another resolution for the console. Examples:

GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=1280x1024
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=1024x768


After run "update-grub" or "update-grub2", the gfxpayload option will works
correctily.

Or if there are another way to solve this in Debian, let me know.

Thanks



-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/0054827f-c924-4ed1-bee3-9076a2ce5591 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hda7 /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hda8 /usr ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/hda
(hd1)	/dev/sda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,8)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 541f0bc3-b288-4713-a2ad-3fa39da817d0
if loadfont /share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=1024x768
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,8)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 541f0bc3-b288-4713-a2ad-3fa39da817d0
insmod tga
if background_image /share/images/grub/tapeta.tga ; then
  set color_normal=white/black
  set color_highlight=green/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0054827f-c924-4ed1-bee3-9076a2ce5591
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=0054827f-c924-4ed1-bee3-9076a2ce5591 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0054827f-c924-4ed1-bee3-9076a2ce5591
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=UUID=0054827f-c924-4ed1-bee3-9076a2ce5591 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda1)" {
	insmod ntfs
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c74ba6774ba5384
	drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
	chainloader +1
}
### 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 ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub2 depends on:
ii  grub-pc                  1.97+20091115-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 

grub2 recommends no packages.

grub2 suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information





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