Bug#567393: Blank console during boot

[Apelete Seketeli]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98~20100126-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

I'm having the exact same problem here, so I can confirm the bug. Display switch
off during boot, just after grub loading, but it still boots fine nonetheless.

Cheers.


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/7739fa16-3a29-44af-9f12-acc0e898b13b / reiserfs rw,relatime,notail 0 0
/dev/sda6 /home reiserfs rw,relatime 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/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 ###
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
}
insmod reiserfs
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7739fa16-3a29-44af-9f12-acc0e898b13b
if loadfont /usr/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
insmod reiserfs
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7739fa16-3a29-44af-9f12-acc0e898b13b
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod reiserfs
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7739fa16-3a29-44af-9f12-acc0e898b13b
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/think-debian-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=white/black
  set color_highlight=light-red/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 2.6.32-trunk-686" {
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod reiserfs
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7739fa16-3a29-44af-9f12-acc0e898b13b
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 root=UUID=7739fa16-3a29-44af-9f12-acc0e898b13b ro  quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (recovery mode)" {
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod reiserfs
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7739fa16-3a29-44af-9f12-acc0e898b13b
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 root=UUID=7739fa16-3a29-44af-9f12-acc0e898b13b ro single 
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### 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 ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.28          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.98~20100126-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.10.2-5        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  ucf                      3.0025          Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto

-- debconf information:
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true