Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Then you should be able to add EFI display support quite easily during the make menuconfig step A new improvement here! Besite EFI display stuff, now I have also CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA enabled. This gives me boot output on booting. but not on shuting down. So, now I have - graphical menu - terminal output on booting greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Hi again, Hi, I have compiled a binary version and uploaded at ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248647 So, I've tried that binary: Now the menu, while it is still text based, takes the whole screen, which is an improvement. But I still have no output while booting. As far as I understand, this would be the kernel side of the whole process. Hence, could it be that I did not configure it in the right way? greetings, bienchen ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Hi again, Hi, I have compiled a binary version and uploaded at ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248647 So, I've tried that binary: Now the menu, while it is still text based, takes the whole screen, which is an improvement. Hi, Is graphic mode working ok in grub ? But I still have no output while booting. As far as I understand, this would be the kernel side of the whole process. Hence, could it be that I did not configure it in the right way? What's the command line option to boot kernel ? In theory, if graphic mode is working in grub, it should be ok in linux. -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Bean wrote: On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Hi again, Hi, I have compiled a binary version and uploaded at ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248647 So, I've tried that binary: Now the menu, while it is still text based, takes the whole screen, which is an improvement. Hi, Is graphic mode working ok in grub ? Sorry for this probably dull question: How do I know? But I still have no output while booting. As far as I understand, this would be the kernel side of the whole process. Hence, could it be that I did not configure it in the right way? What's the command line option to boot kernel ? linux /boot/kernel-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-n root=/dev/sda4 video=efifb noefi acpi=force In theory, if graphic mode is working in grub, it should be ok in linux. Oh, I saw on some web page, that I need soemthing like 'EFI based framebuffer support' in the kernel. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Bean wrote: On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Hi again, Hi, I have compiled a binary version and uploaded at ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248647 So, I've tried that binary: Now the menu, while it is still text based, takes the whole screen, which is an improvement. Hi, Is graphic mode working ok in grub ? Sorry for this probably dull question: How do I know? Hi, The easier way is to use my new menu test demo, download resource file at: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/menu.zip Unzip to the boot partition, you should see many files under /menu/ directory. Then you just need to add this line at the end of grub.cfg: source /menu/menu_efi.cfg It'd boot into graphic mode by default, you can use F8 to switch between text and graphic mode. But I still have no output while booting. As far as I understand, this would be the kernel side of the whole process. Hence, could it be that I did not configure it in the right way? What's the command line option to boot kernel ? linux /boot/kernel-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-n root=/dev/sda4 video=efifb noefi acpi=force In theory, if graphic mode is working in grub, it should be ok in linux. Oh, I saw on some web page, that I need soemthing like 'EFI based framebuffer support' in the kernel. Yep, you need that, debian will enable it by default, I don't know about gentoo thought. -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Hi, The easier way is to use my new menu test demo, download resource file at: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/menu.zip Unzip to the boot partition, you should see many files under /menu/ directory. Then you just need to add this line at the end of grub.cfg: source /menu/menu_efi.cfg It'd boot into graphic mode by default, you can use F8 to switch between text and graphic mode. Nope, does not work. I still have text mode. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Hi, The easier way is to use my new menu test demo, download resource file at: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/menu.zip Unzip to the boot partition, you should see many files under /menu/ directory. Then you just need to add this line at the end of grub.cfg: source /menu/menu_efi.cfg It'd boot into graphic mode by default, you can use F8 to switch between text and graphic mode. Hi bean, I am such an idiot! I just placed the menu folder in the wrong directory. Placed it in /efi/grub on the MacOS partition. Once I've placed the folder on the whole path from / to /efi/grub and now it's working! Looks great. I really ope you didn't work on that problem, today. Yep, you need that, debian will enable it by default, I don't know about gentoo thought. I have an idea what might be wrong in my gentoo kernel. I hope I find the time for a little bit of testing, tomorrow. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
I have an idea what might be wrong in my gentoo kernel. I hope I find the time for a little bit of testing, tomorrow. Did you compile it yourself (emerge gentoo-sources/vanilla-sources/hardened-sources then make menuconfig then make bzImage) or did you use genkernel? greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: I have an idea what might be wrong in my gentoo kernel. I hope I find the time for a little bit of testing, tomorrow. Did you compile it yourself (emerge gentoo-sources/vanilla-sources/hardened-sources then make menuconfig then make bzImage) or did you use genkernel? I just used gentoo-ources without any patching by myself. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: I have an idea what might be wrong in my gentoo kernel. I hope I find the time for a little bit of testing, tomorrow. Did you compile it yourself (emerge gentoo-sources/vanilla-sources/hardened-sources then make menuconfig then make bzImage) or did you use genkernel? I just used gentoo-ources without any patching by myself. Then you should be able to add EFI display support quite easily during the make menuconfig step greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Hi Michal, sorry to contact you dircetly, but did you upload a binary somewhere? I accidentially deleted to many emails, so I wasn't sure anymore if you already posted a link... kind regards, Stefan Michal Suchanek wrote: 2009/10/9 Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de: Hi again, thanks for that hint. I will try the new beta-3 next week. More than busy this weekend. It's built from the Bean's repo so the version number is somewhat misleading. I can upload the build somewhere so you can try if it works for you or not or I can write a build script. Thanks Michal ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Hi Michal, sorry to contact you dircetly, but did you upload a binary somewhere? I accidentially deleted to many emails, so I wasn't sure anymore if you already posted a link... Hi, I have compiled a binary version and uploaded at ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248647 -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
2009/10/4 Bean bean12...@gmail.com: On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Bean wrote: On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Peter Cros wrote: There is a grub.efi binary with the double buffering fix and menutest from Bean here on Ubuntuforms.org apple mac subforum thread grub2 EFI boot loader internal/external booting post #1054 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8034856postcount=1054 OK, I tried that, but only with little success. I get a very distorted screen on boot. And iThis seems not to depend on whether I pull in the 'menu' stuff mentiod in the ubuntuforum thread or not. But at least the system stays in a bootable state and I get a sort of graphical term ;-) Hi, What's your video card, intel or nvidia ? Nvidia. Hi, I found a small bug that could be the cause, please try the latest code from menu branch. I also upload the binary file to ubuntu forum in case you don't want to compile it yourself. For me gfxterm works on an iMac with Radeon X1600 card but I am not sure what exact version I was running. I forgot to load a font so the terminal only displayed question marks at about 1cps but it certainly did display something. It says grub 1.97~beta3 but that is somewhat imprecise in this case. Thanks Michal ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Hi again, thanks for that hint. I will try the new beta-3 next week. More than busy this weekend. BTW, what kernel options/ version do I need for gfxterm? Just in case that's my problem and everybody is searching in the wrong place ;-) greetings, Stefan For me gfxterm works on an iMac with Radeon X1600 card but I am not sure what exact version I was running. I forgot to load a font so the terminal only displayed question marks at about 1cps but it certainly did display something. It says grub 1.97~beta3 but that is somewhat imprecise in this case. Thanks Michal ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
2009/10/9 Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de: Hi again, thanks for that hint. I will try the new beta-3 next week. More than busy this weekend. It's built from the Bean's repo so the version number is somewhat misleading. I can upload the build somewhere so you can try if it works for you or not or I can write a build script. Thanks Michal ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Michal Suchanek wrote: 2009/10/9 Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de: Hi again, thanks for that hint. I will try the new beta-3 next week. More than busy this weekend. It's built from the Bean's repo so the version number is somewhat misleading. I can upload the build somewhere so you can try if it works for you or not or I can write a build script. Thanks Michal Well, if I get hold of a binary there is a small chance that I can test it on the weekend. Hence, an upload would be appreciated ;-) greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Peter Cros wrote: There is a grub.efi binary with the double buffering fix and menutest from Bean here on Ubuntuforms.org apple mac subforum thread grub2 EFI boot loader internal/external booting post #1054 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8034856postcount=1054 OK, I tried that, but only with little success. I get a very distorted screen on boot. And iThis seems not to depend on whether I pull in the 'menu' stuff mentiod in the ubuntuforum thread or not. But at least the system stays in a bootable state and I get a sort of graphical term ;-) greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Peter Cros wrote: There is a grub.efi binary with the double buffering fix and menutest from Bean here on Ubuntuforms.org apple mac subforum thread grub2 EFI boot loader internal/external booting post #1054 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8034856postcount=1054 OK, I tried that, but only with little success. I get a very distorted screen on boot. And iThis seems not to depend on whether I pull in the 'menu' stuff mentiod in the ubuntuforum thread or not. But at least the system stays in a bootable state and I get a sort of graphical term ;-) Hi, What's your video card, intel or nvidia ? -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Bean wrote: On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Peter Cros wrote: There is a grub.efi binary with the double buffering fix and menutest from Bean here on Ubuntuforms.org apple mac subforum thread grub2 EFI boot loader internal/external booting post #1054 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8034856postcount=1054 OK, I tried that, but only with little success. I get a very distorted screen on boot. And iThis seems not to depend on whether I pull in the 'menu' stuff mentiod in the ubuntuforum thread or not. But at least the system stays in a bootable state and I get a sort of graphical term ;-) Hi, What's your video card, intel or nvidia ? Nvidia. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Bean wrote: On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Peter Cros wrote: There is a grub.efi binary with the double buffering fix and menutest from Bean here on Ubuntuforms.org apple mac subforum thread grub2 EFI boot loader internal/external booting post #1054 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8034856postcount=1054 OK, I tried that, but only with little success. I get a very distorted screen on boot. And iThis seems not to depend on whether I pull in the 'menu' stuff mentiod in the ubuntuforum thread or not. But at least the system stays in a bootable state and I get a sort of graphical term ;-) Hi, What's your video card, intel or nvidia ? Nvidia. Hi, I found a small bug that could be the cause, please try the latest code from menu branch. I also upload the binary file to ubuntu forum in case you don't want to compile it yourself. -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Hi again! Do we have any news on the gfxterm problem in Grub2-EFI? greetings, Stefan OUTPUT-Start Rom image present. [Linux-bzimage, setup=0x2c00, size=0x2784a0] Video mode: 1280x800-32 Frame buffer base: 0x8001 Video line length: 8192 OUTPUT-End I hope this is the requested info. Do provide other stuff, I probably need a detailed instruction. Hi, This looks legit for me, I don't know why it does work, perhaps it write to the other video card ? Ohter video card? I have a Macbook, NOT a Macbook Pro. I have only one card! BTW, I cannot switch to terminal from X after starting with Grub2. Yep, this is normal. EFI uses non zero gart address, but linux assume 0. X would reset gart, but after it exits, the original gart address is restored and which would cause problem. OK, so we know that there is something broken but everything is behaving like one would expect in this situation? That sounds relatively optimistic. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Hi again! Do we have any news on the gfxterm problem in Grub2-EFI? greetings, Stefan OUTPUT-Start Rom image present. [Linux-bzimage, setup=0x2c00, size=0x2784a0] Video mode: 1280x800-32 Frame buffer base: 0x8001 Video line length: 8192 OUTPUT-End I hope this is the requested info. Do provide other stuff, I probably need a detailed instruction. Hi, This looks legit for me, I don't know why it does work, perhaps it write to the other video card ? Ohter video card? I have a Macbook, NOT a Macbook Pro. I have only one card! BTW, I cannot switch to terminal from X after starting with Grub2. Yep, this is normal. EFI uses non zero gart address, but linux assume 0. X would reset gart, but after it exits, the original gart address is restored and which would cause problem. OK, so we know that there is something broken but everything is behaving like one would expect in this situation? That sounds relatively optimistic. Hi, Oh, that could be the double buffer problem, perhaps you can try my latest graphic menu test demo in the menu branch. -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Hi again, sorry, my git-foo is not that good, can you help me getting into testing the demo from you menu branch? I already cloned a copy of your repo, but I do not know how to get into a particular branch, there. greetings, Stefan Hi, Oh, that could be the double buffer problem, perhaps you can try my latest graphic menu test demo in the menu branch. ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
There is a grub.efi binary with the double buffering fix and menutest from Bean here on Ubuntuforms.org apple mac subforum thread grub2 EFI boot loader internal/external booting post #1054 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8034856postcount=1054 On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.dewrote: Hi again, sorry, my git-foo is not that good, can you help me getting into testing the demo from you menu branch? I already cloned a copy of your repo, but I do not know how to get into a particular branch, there. greetings, Stefan Hi, Oh, that could be the double buffer problem, perhaps you can try my latest graphic menu test demo in the menu branch. ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel -- Cros (pxw) ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Am Samstag, den 26.09.2009, 22:48 +0200 schrieb Stefan Bienert: And another Hi, update: Using '--file' in the search did the trick! I really start loving Grub2: Really faster booting, seems to be easy to configure... 2 days of booting with grub2 in EFI mode and still happy... Now I have several further questions: - Depending on whether an USB disk is connected, or not, the hd numbers change. Is there a setup to avoid changing the numbers in the entries on boot? Use UUIDs What is that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID You know, you make feeling me like a noob again. Where do I get it from? grub-probe -t fs_uuid / or grub-probe -t fs_uuid -d /dev/sda1 How do I incorporate this into grub.cg? search --set --fs-uuid abc-123... Just for the sake of completion: abc-123.../path/to/kernel? No. If you use --fs-uuid instead of --file then you use the UUID. I thought it would be clear, to just use the UUID value grub-probe tells you. Without any path appended to it. I prefer using the search for a file, since I may switch disks without resetting the uuid. If the file you use for the search command only exists once in your system then it's fine. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Where do I get it from? grub-probe -t fs_uuid / or grub-probe -t fs_uuid -d /dev/sda1 How do I incorporate this into grub.cg? search --set --fs-uuid abc-123... Just for the sake of completion: abc-123.../path/to/kernel? No. If you use --fs-uuid instead of --file then you use the UUID. I thought it would be clear, to just use the UUID value grub-probe tells you. Without any path appended to it. OK, after search-setting the UUID I just load the kernel as usual? I prefer using the search for a file, since I may switch disks without resetting the uuid. If the file you use for the search command only exists once in your system then it's fine. This was obvious to me ;-) greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Am Sonntag, den 27.09.2009, 13:11 +0200 schrieb Stefan Bienert: Where do I get it from? grub-probe -t fs_uuid / or grub-probe -t fs_uuid -d /dev/sda1 How do I incorporate this into grub.cg? search --set --fs-uuid abc-123... Just for the sake of completion: abc-123.../path/to/kernel? No. If you use --fs-uuid instead of --file then you use the UUID. I thought it would be clear, to just use the UUID value grub-probe tells you. Without any path appended to it. OK, after search-setting the UUID I just load the kernel as usual? Yes. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
2009/9/27 Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de: - The menu is rather small, is it possible to expand the display to 1280x800? - Since I own a Macbook, I want my boot manager nice and shiny. How do I set the looks? E.g. Background image? Couldn't find helpful info in the manual-draft. If you use my repo, you can enable graphic mode for EFI, it even allows you to set a background image. Add these lines in grub.cfg: set gfxmode=0x0 loadfont /unifont.pf2 terminal_output.gfxterm background_image /splash.png So, my grub.cfg now contains: set gfxmode=0x0 search --set --file /boot/unifont.pf2 loadfont /boot/unifont.pf2 terminal_output.gfxterm search --set --file /boot/splash.jpg background_image /boot/splash.jpg But this does not work. I also tried loading gfxterm in the grub2-console. Even with insmod video, insmod efi_fb before. If I cast terminal_output.gfxterm to the console, grub2 seems to hang. Guess it might be broken. Who has actually tested efi graphics, and on what hardware? Does it clear/reset graphics before it hangs? If not we could perhaps add some debug prints to find out what it is doing before the hang. I could perhaps try the efi graphics driver on some iMacs later this/next week (depending on the location where you are reading this). Thanks Michal ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Michal Suchanek wrote: 2009/9/27 Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de: - The menu is rather small, is it possible to expand the display to 1280x800? - Since I own a Macbook, I want my boot manager nice and shiny. How do I set the looks? E.g. Background image? Couldn't find helpful info in the manual-draft. If you use my repo, you can enable graphic mode for EFI, it even allows you to set a background image. Add these lines in grub.cfg: set gfxmode=0x0 loadfont /unifont.pf2 terminal_output.gfxterm background_image /splash.png So, my grub.cfg now contains: set gfxmode=0x0 search --set --file /boot/unifont.pf2 loadfont /boot/unifont.pf2 terminal_output.gfxterm search --set --file /boot/splash.jpg background_image /boot/splash.jpg But this does not work. I also tried loading gfxterm in the grub2-console. Even with insmod video, insmod efi_fb before. If I cast terminal_output.gfxterm to the console, grub2 seems to hang. Guess it might be broken. Who has actually tested efi graphics, and on what hardware? Does it clear/reset graphics before it hangs? If not we could perhaps add some debug prints to find out what it is doing before the hang. For me, the screen freezes, so graphics seem not to be cleared. I could perhaps try the efi graphics driver on some iMacs later this/next week (depending on the location where you are reading this). That would be nice. I use Bean's repository. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: For me, the screen freezes, so graphics seem not to be cleared. I could perhaps try the efi graphics driver on some iMacs later this/next week (depending on the location where you are reading this). That would be nice. I use Bean's repository. Hi, Most likely it doesn't get the frame buffer address right, so screen is written to somewhere else, this also consist with the fact you don't see any console output until x starts. BTW, when you use the linux command, it should show some line about detected video card info, can you paste it here. -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Bean wrote: On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: For me, the screen freezes, so graphics seem not to be cleared. I could perhaps try the efi graphics driver on some iMacs later this/next week (depending on the location where you are reading this). That would be nice. I use Bean's repository. Hi, Most likely it doesn't get the frame buffer address right, so screen is written to somewhere else, this also consist with the fact you don't see any console output until x starts. BTW, when you use the linux command, it should show some line about detected video card info, can you paste it here. Ok, here is what I get after choosing the linux menu entry. Everything before the menu shows up, is to quick to read. OUTPUT-Start Rom image present. [Linux-bzimage, setup=0x2c00, size=0x2784a0] Video mode: 1280x800-32 Frame buffer base: 0x8001 Video line length: 8192 OUTPUT-End I hope this is the requested info. Do provide other stuff, I probably need a detailed instruction. BTW, I cannot switch to terminal from X after starting with Grub2. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
2009/9/27 Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de: Bean wrote: On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: For me, the screen freezes, so graphics seem not to be cleared. I could perhaps try the efi graphics driver on some iMacs later this/next week (depending on the location where you are reading this). That would be nice. I use Bean's repository. Hi, Most likely it doesn't get the frame buffer address right, so screen is written to somewhere else, this also consist with the fact you don't see any console output until x starts. BTW, when you use the linux command, it should show some line about detected video card info, can you paste it here. Ok, here is what I get after choosing the linux menu entry. Everything before the menu shows up, is to quick to read. OUTPUT-Start Rom image present. [Linux-bzimage, setup=0x2c00, size=0x2784a0] Video mode: 1280x800-32 Frame buffer base: 0x8001 Video line length: 8192 OUTPUT-End I hope this is the requested info. Do provide other stuff, I probably need a detailed instruction. BTW, I cannot switch to terminal from X after starting with Grub2. Meaning that the keyboard combo does nothing or that switching to the console does nothing? It should not do anything visible if the console is drawn in a wrong place as suggested. Thanks Michal ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Michal Suchanek wrote: 2009/9/27 Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de: Bean wrote: On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: For me, the screen freezes, so graphics seem not to be cleared. I could perhaps try the efi graphics driver on some iMacs later this/next week (depending on the location where you are reading this). That would be nice. I use Bean's repository. Hi, Most likely it doesn't get the frame buffer address right, so screen is written to somewhere else, this also consist with the fact you don't see any console output until x starts. BTW, when you use the linux command, it should show some line about detected video card info, can you paste it here. Ok, here is what I get after choosing the linux menu entry. Everything before the menu shows up, is to quick to read. OUTPUT-Start Rom image present. [Linux-bzimage, setup=0x2c00, size=0x2784a0] Video mode: 1280x800-32 Frame buffer base: 0x8001 Video line length: 8192 OUTPUT-End I hope this is the requested info. Do provide other stuff, I probably need a detailed instruction. BTW, I cannot switch to terminal from X after starting with Grub2. Meaning that the keyboard combo does nothing or that switching to the console does nothing? It should not do anything visible if the console is drawn in a wrong place as suggested. Screen switches to nothing. So X switches to the console and then the screen stays black. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Bean wrote: On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: For me, the screen freezes, so graphics seem not to be cleared. I could perhaps try the efi graphics driver on some iMacs later this/next week (depending on the location where you are reading this). That would be nice. I use Bean's repository. Hi, Most likely it doesn't get the frame buffer address right, so screen is written to somewhere else, this also consist with the fact you don't see any console output until x starts. BTW, when you use the linux command, it should show some line about detected video card info, can you paste it here. Ok, here is what I get after choosing the linux menu entry. Everything before the menu shows up, is to quick to read. OUTPUT-Start Rom image present. [Linux-bzimage, setup=0x2c00, size=0x2784a0] Video mode: 1280x800-32 Frame buffer base: 0x8001 Video line length: 8192 OUTPUT-End I hope this is the requested info. Do provide other stuff, I probably need a detailed instruction. Hi, This looks legit for me, I don't know why it does work, perhaps it write to the other video card ? BTW, I cannot switch to terminal from X after starting with Grub2. Yep, this is normal. EFI uses non zero gart address, but linux assume 0. X would reset gart, but after it exits, the original gart address is restored and which would cause problem. -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
OUTPUT-Start Rom image present. [Linux-bzimage, setup=0x2c00, size=0x2784a0] Video mode: 1280x800-32 Frame buffer base: 0x8001 Video line length: 8192 OUTPUT-End I hope this is the requested info. Do provide other stuff, I probably need a detailed instruction. Hi, This looks legit for me, I don't know why it does work, perhaps it write to the other video card ? Ohter video card? I have a Macbook, NOT a Macbook Pro. I have only one card! BTW, I cannot switch to terminal from X after starting with Grub2. Yep, this is normal. EFI uses non zero gart address, but linux assume 0. X would reset gart, but after it exits, the original gart address is restored and which would cause problem. OK, so we know that there is something broken but everything is behaving like one would expect in this situation? That sounds relatively optimistic. greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Hi again, 2 days of booting with grub2 in EFI mode and still happy... Now I have several further questions: - Depending on whether an USB disk is connected, or not, the hd numbers change. Is there a setup to avoid changing the numbers in the entries on boot? Hi, You can use search command to locate the root device. Something like this: search --set /vmlinuz linux /vmlinuz ... initrd /initrd.img - The menu is rather small, is it possible to expand the display to 1280x800? - Since I own a Macbook, I want my boot manager nice and shiny. How do I set the looks? E.g. Background image? Couldn't find helpful info in the manual-draft. If you use my repo, you can enable graphic mode for EFI, it even allows you to set a background image. Add these lines in grub.cfg: set gfxmode=0x0 loadfont /unifont.pf2 terminal_output.gfxterm background_image /splash.png You need to include these modules when generating grub.efi: video efi_fb gfxterm font png jpeg unifont.pf2 is the font file, you can generate it using grub-mkfont, or just download it here: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/unifont.pf2 -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Stefan Bienert wrote: Hi again, 2 days of booting with grub2 in EFI mode and still happy... Now I have several further questions: - Depending on whether an USB disk is connected, or not, the hd numbers change. Is there a setup to avoid changing the numbers in the entries on boot? Use UUIDs - The menu is rather small, is it possible to expand the display to 1280x800? - Since I own a Macbook, I want my boot manager nice and shiny. How do I set the looks? E.g. Background image? Couldn't find helpful info in the manual-draft. Use Bean's repo greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Hi, I think we need better hinting for efi disks. Since efi supports finding a disk based on its pci information and port connection, why not pass that information as a hint to reduce the amount of time required or to eliminate it completely? --S On Sep 26, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Bean bean12...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Stefan Bienert bien...@zbh.uni-hamburg.de wrote: Hi again, 2 days of booting with grub2 in EFI mode and still happy... Now I have several further questions: - Depending on whether an USB disk is connected, or not, the hd numbers change. Is there a setup to avoid changing the numbers in the entries on boot? Hi, You can use search command to locate the root device. Something like this: search --set /vmlinuz linux /vmlinuz ... initrd /initrd.img - The menu is rather small, is it possible to expand the display to 1280x800? - Since I own a Macbook, I want my boot manager nice and shiny. How do I set the looks? E.g. Background image? Couldn't find helpful info in the manual-draft. If you use my repo, you can enable graphic mode for EFI, it even allows you to set a background image. Add these lines in grub.cfg: set gfxmode=0x0 loadfont /unifont.pf2 terminal_output.gfxterm background_image /splash.png You need to include these modules when generating grub.efi: video efi_fb gfxterm font png jpeg unifont.pf2 is the font file, you can generate it using grub-mkfont, or just download it here: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/unifont.pf2 -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/ ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Hi again, Hi, You can use search command to locate the root device. Something like this: search --set /vmlinuz linux /vmlinuz ... initrd /initrd.img Well, this does not work. I get a message about wrong search term or something similar. If you use my repo, you can enable graphic mode for EFI, it even allows you to set a background image. Add these lines in grub.cfg: set gfxmode=0x0 loadfont /unifont.pf2 terminal_output.gfxterm background_image /splash.png Does this go on one line? Where does the image go? Root of the partition where the grub.efi is? I tried the lines above each on their own line, picture is on the linux partition. You need to include these modules when generating grub.efi: video efi_fb gfxterm font png jpeg Did that. unifont.pf2 is the font file, you can generate it using grub-mkfont, or just download it here: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/unifont.pf2 I left the font out for the first try. Does this hurt? greetins, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: Stefan Bienert wrote: Hi again, 2 days of booting with grub2 in EFI mode and still happy... Now I have several further questions: - Depending on whether an USB disk is connected, or not, the hd numbers change. Is there a setup to avoid changing the numbers in the entries on boot? Use UUIDs What is that? Where do I get it from? How do I incorporate this into grub.cg? greetings, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Am Samstag, den 26.09.2009, 21:54 +0200 schrieb Stefan Bienert: Hi again, Hi, You can use search command to locate the root device. Something like this: search --set /vmlinuz linux /vmlinuz ... initrd /initrd.img Well, this does not work. I get a message about wrong search term or something similar. Because you have to use search --set --file /vmlinuz By the way search --help would tell you If you use my repo, you can enable graphic mode for EFI, it even allows you to set a background image. Add these lines in grub.cfg: set gfxmode=0x0 loadfont /unifont.pf2 terminal_output.gfxterm background_image /splash.png Does this go on one line? If you want to have it on one line you have so seperate them with ; just like in bash Where does the image go? Root of the partition where the grub.efi is? I tried the lines above each on their own line, picture is on the linux partition. Either use set root= or search --set --file like above. Just as with GRUB Legacy root specifies where it looks for the file unifont.pf2 is the font file, you can generate it using grub-mkfont, or just download it here: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/unifont.pf2 I left the font out for the first try. Does this hurt? Without a font you only get ? in gfxterm -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
Am Samstag, den 26.09.2009, 21:55 +0200 schrieb Stefan Bienert: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: Stefan Bienert wrote: Hi again, 2 days of booting with grub2 in EFI mode and still happy... Now I have several further questions: - Depending on whether an USB disk is connected, or not, the hd numbers change. Is there a setup to avoid changing the numbers in the entries on boot? Use UUIDs What is that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID Where do I get it from? grub-probe -t fs_uuid / or grub-probe -t fs_uuid -d /dev/sda1 How do I incorporate this into grub.cg? search --set --fs-uuid abc-123... -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode
And another Hi, update: Using '--file' in the search did the trick! I really start loving Grub2: Really faster booting, seems to be easy to configure... 2 days of booting with grub2 in EFI mode and still happy... Now I have several further questions: - Depending on whether an USB disk is connected, or not, the hd numbers change. Is there a setup to avoid changing the numbers in the entries on boot? Use UUIDs What is that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID You know, you make feeling me like a noob again. Where do I get it from? grub-probe -t fs_uuid / or grub-probe -t fs_uuid -d /dev/sda1 How do I incorporate this into grub.cg? search --set --fs-uuid abc-123... Just for the sake of completion: abc-123.../path/to/kernel? I prefer using the search for a file, since I may switch disks without resetting the uuid. Now for the eye-candy... greetings and many, many thanks, Stefan ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
