Jonathan Neuschäfer <[email protected]> writes: > > I think I was able to reproduce the problem, when Philipp described it > on IRC: > > 1. checkout coreboot from git[1], or run make clean && rm .config > > 2. make menuconfig, select Emulation/QEMU-i440fx. SeaBIOS will > automatically be selected. > > 3. make > > 4. Test with QEMU. I'm using QEMU 2.6.0 from Debian testing (a.k.a. > stretch) on an x86_64 laptop. Both of the tested CDs use ISOLINUX. > > 4.1.1. get xubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso[2] > > 4.1.2. qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom xubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso -m 512 > A splash screen is shown, and then a graphical boot menu, which allows > to select language, different boot modes, kernel command line, etc. > > 4.1.3. qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom xubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso -m 512 > -bios build/coreboot.rom > The splash screen doesn't appear; instead an error is shown: > > graphics initialization failed > Error setting up gfxboot > boot: > > 4.2.1. get debian-live-8.2.0-amd64-lxde-desktop.iso[3] > > 4.2.2. qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom debian-live-8.2.0-amd64-lxde-desktop.iso > A graphical boot menu is shown. > > 4.2.3. qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom debian-live-8.2.0-amd64-lxde-desktop.iso > -bios build/coreboot.rom > ISOLINUX fails to present a graphic menu and falls back to a > text-based menu.
A quick test shows me that selecting CONFIG_SEABIOS_VGA_COREBOOT is the culprit. This change https://review.coreboot.org/#/c/16965/ selects this by default when native graphic init is used but apparently needs an exception for QEMU. Kind regards -- Arthur Heymans -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
