Bug#607235: grub-pc: Boot fails with GRUB_TERMINAL=serial without terminal connected

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

tag 607235 fixed-upstream
thanks
Should be fixed upstream
On 12/16/2010 01:21 AM, Sam Woodhead wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.98+20100804-10
> Severity: important
>
> When setting
>
> GRUB_TERMINAL=serial
> GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --unit=0 --speed=115200"
>
> in /etc/default/grub
> and running update-grub
>
> Everything works fine so long as the terminal is still connected but if its disconnected and then you try to {re}boot then it sticks on the grub screen. If a terminal is later connected then you can continue the boot just fine manually selecting an entry.
>
> I have been told its definately fixed in grub/trunk which I have verified.
>
> I queried #grub on irc.freenode.org and was told to see Commit 2884 but it may need some time infrastructure that is not yet present in the Debian package.
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
> ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.36           Debian configuration management sy
> ii  grub-common             1.98+20100804-10 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
> ii  libc6                   2.11.2-7         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
> ii  libdevmapper1.02.1      2:1.02.48-4      The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
> ii  ucf                     3.0025+nmu1      Update Configuration File: preserv
>
> grub-pc recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
> pn  desktop-base                  <none>     (no description available)
>
> -- debconf information excluded
>
>
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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