Bug#604609: grub-pc: Wrong display of characters on boot screen
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
phcoder at gmail.com
Sat Dec 25 13:57:04 UTC 2010
On 11/23/2010 03:40 AM, V. Gaibler wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.98+20100804-8
> Severity: normal
> Tags: l10n
>
> Grub boot loader in squeeze does not show the usage instructions (displayed
> below boot selection menu) correctly according to locale. In my case the
> language is correctly set to German, but any non-ascii characters as umlauts or
> quotation marks are only displayed as "?". Furthermore, the text is incomplete.
>
> In my case (German locale), the displayed text reads as:
> Verwenden Sie die Tasten [up] und [down] , um Eintr?ge hervorzuheben und
> auszuw?hlen.
> Dr?cken Sie die Eingabetaste, um das ausgew?hlte Betriebssystem zu
> booten, ?e? zum Bearbeiten der Befehle vor dem Booten oder ?c? f?r
>
>
You need to use gfxterm for international characters
>
>
> -- Package-specific info:
>
> *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
> /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
> /dev/sda2 /boot ext2 rw,relatime,errors=continue 0 0
> /dev/mapper/sda7_crypt /home xfs rw,relatime,attr2,noquota 0 0
> *********************** END /proc/mounts
>
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
> (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500BEVE-00WZT0_WD-WXE209V38655
> *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
>
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> #
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
> #
> # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
> # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
> #
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
> if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
> load_env
> fi
> set default="0"
> if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
> set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
> save_env saved_entry
> set prev_saved_entry=
> save_env prev_saved_entry
> set boot_once=true
> fi
>
> function savedefault {
> if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
> saved_entry="${chosen}"
> save_env saved_entry
> fi
> }
>
> function load_video {
> insmod vbe
> insmod vga
> insmod video_bochs
> insmod video_cirrus
> }
>
> insmod part_msdos
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c8fb74e3-4a38-4e65-a3f1-e7aa9e6bc34f
> set locale_dir=($root)/grub/locale
> set lang=de
> insmod gettext
> set timeout=5
> ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
> set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
> set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
> ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
> menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
> insmod part_msdos
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c8fb74e3-4a38-4e65-a3f1-e7aa9e6bc34f
> echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
> linux /vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt ro quiet
> echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
> initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
> }
> menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
> insmod part_msdos
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c8fb74e3-4a38-4e65-a3f1-e7aa9e6bc34f
> echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'
> linux /vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt ro single
> echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
> initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
> }
> ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
> ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> ### 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 ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
> if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
> source $prefix/custom.cfg;
> fi
> ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
> *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.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+20100804-8 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:
> ii desktop-base 5.0.6 common files for the Debian Deskto
>
> -- debconf information:
> grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
> grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
> grub2/device_map_regenerated:
> * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500BEVE-00WZT0_WD-WXE209V38655
> grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
> grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
> grub-pc/disk_description:
> * grub2/linux_cmdline:
> grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
> grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
> grub-pc/partition_description:
> grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
> grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
> * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
> grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
> grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
>
>
>
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--
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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