Bug#567589: grub-pc: stills fails with stock Linux provided by Debian package

[Ernesto Domato]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98~20100128-1
Severity: normal

On my system (an AMD64) I have the same problem that grub-pc hang on "Loading ramdisk" if "set gfxpayload=keep" is present. I'm using a stock linux kernel provided by linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 Debian package.

The only way to make my system boot is commenting the line.

Please let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks,
Ernesto.


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/principal-raiz / reiserfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/mapper/principal-depot /home/edomato/depot reiserfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/mapper/principal-devel /home/edomato/devel reiserfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/mapper/principal-mldonkey /var/lib/mldonkey reiserfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(fd0)	/dev/fd0
(hd0)	/dev/hdc
(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 ###
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 lvm
insmod reiserfs
set root=(principal-raiz)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  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 lvm
insmod reiserfs
set root=(principal-raiz)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=es
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod lvm
insmod reiserfs
set root=(principal-raiz)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/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-amd64" {
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod lvm
	insmod reiserfs
	set root=(principal-raiz)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/principal-raiz ro  quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod lvm
	insmod reiserfs
	set root=(principal-raiz)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/principal-raiz ro single 
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64" {
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod lvm
	insmod reiserfs
	set root=(principal-raiz)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/principal-raiz ro  quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod lvm
	insmod reiserfs
	set root=(principal-raiz)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/principal-raiz ro single 
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-amd64
}
### 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'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.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              1.98~20100128-1 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 excluded