diff -urN grub2.org/term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c grub2/term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c
--- grub2.org/term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c	2007-10-01 18:02:14.964330521 +0200
+++ grub2/term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c	2007-10-01 18:02:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -63,12 +63,8 @@
 static void
 grub_ofconsole_writeesc (const char *str)
 {
-  while (*str)
-    {
-      char chr = *(str++);
-      grub_ieee1275_write (stdout_ihandle, &chr, 1, 0);
-    }
-  
+  int len = grub_strlen(str);
+  grub_ieee1275_write (stdout_ihandle, str, len, 0);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -219,7 +215,7 @@
 static grub_uint16_t
 grub_ofconsole_getxy (void)
 {
-  return ((grub_curr_x - 1) << 8) | grub_curr_y;
+  return (grub_curr_x << 8) | grub_curr_y;
 }
 
 static grub_uint16_t