Re: Fwd: Problems with linux and framebuffer

[Ciprian Dorin, Craciun]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Felix Zielcke <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am Montag, den 26.10.2009, 23:32 +0200 schrieb Ciprian Dorin, Craciun:
>> I've tried initially to send this email to the mailing list
>> without beeing subscribed. Now I've subscribed and send the email
>> again.
>>
>>     Ciprian.
>>
>>     P.S.: Is there any mailing list for Grub users?
>>
>
> There is address@hidden but it's pretty low traffic and at least I'm
> not subscribed there.
> For support questions about grub2 our IRC channel is better: #grub on
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>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Ciprian Dorin, Craciun <address@hidden>
>> Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:01 PM
>> Subject: Problems with linux and framebuffer
>> To: address@hidden
>>
>>
>>    Hello all!
>>
>>    I've just installed Grub 1.97 on my laptop, and tried it... (I've
>> installed it manualy by calling grub-mkimage and grub-setup.)
>>
>>    The problem is related with not beeing able to boot a Linux kernel
>> with framebuffer... (I've already tried the gfx dance...) :) (See the
>> attached config where I've commented the lines in discussion.)
>>
>>    Can anyone send me a working grub.cfg example?
>
> grub-mkconfig should generate a gfxterm config if you have the fonts
> compiled.
> If you used grub-mkfont yourself you can use
> GRUB_FONT_PATH=/boot/myfont.pf2 in /etc/default/grub
> or /usr/local/default/grub depending what --prefix option was used
> to ./configure
>
> For `set gfxpayload=1024x768x32' or the deprecated `vga=0x317' to work
> you need at least `insmod vbe'
>
> --
> Felix Zielcke
> Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer

    My grub.cfg is created by hand, but I've followed the same
procedure as grub-mkconfig dose. Bellow is my config:

~~~~
root (hd0,1)

insmod vbe
insmod font
insmod gfxterm

set default=0
set timeout=2
set gfxmode=1024x768

loadfont /grub/boot/unifont.pf2
terminal_output gfxterm

menuentry "ArchLinux (2.6.30.9-erebus)" {
        set gfxpayload=keep
        linux /linux/kernels/2.6.30.9-erebus root=/dev/sda4 ro
}

menuentry "ArchLinux (2.6.30.9-erebus) single" {
        linux /linux/kernels/2.6.30.9-erebus root=/dev/sda4 ro single
}

menuentry "ArchLinux (2.6.30.5-eros)" {
        set gfxpayload=keep
        linux /linux/kernels/2.6.30.5-eros root=/dev/sda4 ro
}

menuentry "ArchLinux (2.6.30.5-eros) single" {
        linux /linux/kernels/2.6.30.5-eros root=/dev/sda4 ro single
}
~~~~

    Ciprian.