On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 04:00:44PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > But it seems we need to do a better job at ensuring Linux was built with > the necessary options, otherwise it can get confused.
Would you please try attached patch and regenerate grub.cfg ? It can be applied directly to /etc/grub.d/10_linux -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi
=== modified file 'util/grub.d/10_linux.in' --- util/grub.d/10_linux.in 2010-01-14 14:04:44 +0000 +++ util/grub.d/10_linux.in 2010-01-20 15:14:24 +0000 @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ linux_entry () version="$2" recovery="$3" args="$4" + if ! grep -qx "CONFIG_FB_VESA=y" /boot/config-${version} 2> /dev/null ; then + cat << EOF + set gfxpayload=text +EOF + fi if ${recovery} ; then title="$(gettext "%s, with Linux %s (recovery mode)")" else