On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 12:28:31PM +0200, Francois Gouget wrote: > On Fri, 3 Oct 2014, Yann Dirson wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 01:36:46AM +0200, Francois Gouget wrote: > > > On Thu, 2 Oct 2014, Yann Dirson wrote: > > > [...] > > > > You will find a test package at > > > > http://ydirson.free.fr/soft/debian/memtest/, I'll wait for feedback > > > > before uploading (just tested in qemu here). > > > > > > With this package I'm not getting the 'linux16' error anymore. However > > > I'm not getting memtest86 either :-( > > > > > > The grub menu disappears and I'm left with the Debian's grub wallpaper > > > and nothing happens. I had to use the power button to shutdown. > > > > OK, let's first check whether it is the patch that needs adjusting to > > 5.01, or if the original for 4.20 does not work for you either. > > > > Uploaded 4.20-2grub2 to same location. > > The 4.20-2grub2 package behaves the same way as the 5.01-2grub2 one: > when I select the memtest86+ entry only the Debian background image > remains and nothing furether happens. The computer is unresponsive to > the keyboard and I have to press the power button to shut it down.
OK, thanks for the feedback. So the bottom line is, today we don't have a working patch for UEFI, so the best for the user is to disable the menu entries. To do anything better, we'll need to get someone with the time and will to look at it to get access to an UEFI box. Maybe qemu+OVMF can be of some help - I could find some time to have a look at that, but that's no promise :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
