> -----Original Message----- > From: grub-devel-bounces+j-frankish=slb....@gnu.org [mailto:grub-devel- > bounces+j-frankish=slb....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Vladimir 'f- > coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > Sent: Saturday, 09 June, 2012 14:50 > To: grub-devel@gnu.org > Subject: Re: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini > >>>>>> What does grub-probe -t fs /boot/grub say Do you run everything > >>>>>> as > >>>> root? > >>>>> > >>>>> $ sudo grub-probe -t fs /boot/grub > >>>>> Error: failed to get canonical path of /boot/grub $ sudo > >>>>> grub-probe -t fs /efi/boot > >>>>> Error: failed to get canonical path of /efi/boot > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Do you have those directories? > >>> > >>> Yes: > >>> /mnt/sda1/EFI/BOOT (fat) > >>> /mnt/sda2/boot/grub (hfs+) > >> > >> /mnt/sda1/EFI/BOOT isn't /efi/boot. > > > > Agreed, but it didn't find /mnt/sda2/boot/grub either... > > > > I don't have the exact output for those. Do you still have any problem with > grub-install.
I didn't try it again - I note that it did not create /mnt/sda1/EFI/BOOT/grub/fonts, nor copy unicode.pf2 into /fonts > >>>>> Insmod videotest > >>>>> Insmod efi_gop > >>>>> Videotest > >>>>> [drops down a line, but no further output] <ctrl c> Color 0: > >>>>> ff000000 Color 1: ffa80000 ... > >>>>> Color 15: fffefefe > >>>>> > >>>>> Note that the video is output via hdmi -> dvi adapter that came > >>>>> with the mac mini > >>>> > >>>> What does "videoinfo" say? Does "videotext" work if you set > >>>> gfxmode="800x600" explicitly? (try other resolutions as well) > >>>> > >>> videoinfo > >>> List of supported video modes: > >>> Legend: mask/position = red/green/blue/reserved > >>> Adapter: `EFI GOP driver`: > >>> 0x000 1280 x 1024 x 32 direct color, mask 8/8/8/8 pos: 16/8/0/24 > >>> > >>> gfxmode=1280x1024x32 > >>> > >> > >> But does it make videotest work? > > > > No, same thing - after <ctrl c> I get color 0, etc > > > > Hm, sounds like there is a firmware bug in GOP. What a surprise. insmod font loadfont unicode set debug=video videotest video/efi_gop.c 388: GOP: keeping mode 0 video/efi_gop.c 496: GOP: initializing FB @ 0x91000000 1280x1024x32 video/efi_gop.c 521: GOP: success <ctrl c> color 0... > >> USB problem is on Linux side. > > > > A combination of rEFIt/grub classic on the 4th (ext3) partition boots the > same vmlinuz/initrd without problems. > > You probably boot in BIOS mode with GRUB Legacy which results in > completely different hardware init and presence of BIOS tables in > 0xa0000-0x100000 range. This probably makes difference but the issue is > either Linux or Apple hardware init. > I note the hd controller does not start in ahci mode with grub legacy, but otherwise OK. Should the fakebios command help with grub2-efi? _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
