Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-25 Thread Stefan Bienert
> 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 - termin

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-24 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Stefan Bienert 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-

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-24 Thread Stefan Bienert
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 u

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-24 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
> 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

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-24 Thread Stefan Bienert
> 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/

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-24 Thread Stefan Bienert
> 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/

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-24 Thread Bean
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Stefan Bienert wrote: > Bean wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Stefan Bienert >> wrote: >>> Hi again, >>> Hi, I have compiled a binary version and uploaded at ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248647 >>> So,

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-24 Thread Stefan Bienert
Bean wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Stefan Bienert > 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,

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-24 Thread Bean
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Stefan Bienert 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 scre

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-24 Thread Stefan Bienert
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 boot

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-19 Thread Bean
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Stefan Bienert 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

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-19 Thread Stefan Bienert
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 : >> Hi again, >> >> thanks for that hint. I w

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-09 Thread Stefan Bienert
Michal Suchanek wrote: > 2009/10/9 Stefan Bienert : >> 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 i

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-09 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/10/9 Stefan Bienert : > 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 wr

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-09 Thread Stefan Bienert
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 wit

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-09 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/10/4 Bean : > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Stefan Bienert > wrote: >> Bean wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Bienert >>> wrote: Peter Cros wrote: > There is a grub.efi binary with the double buffering fix and menutest   > from > Bean here on Ubuntuforms.o

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-04 Thread Peter Cros
$ git pull origin menu On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Stefan Bienert wrote: > >>> 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 binar

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-04 Thread Stefan Bienert
>>> 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. > OK, I tried that. (BT

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-04 Thread Bean
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Stefan Bienert wrote: > Bean wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Bienert >> 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

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-04 Thread Stefan Bienert
Bean wrote: > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Bienert > 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

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-04 Thread Bean
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Bienert 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://ubuntufo

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-04 Thread Stefan Bienert
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=8034856&postcount=1054 > > OK, I tr

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-03 Thread Peter Cros
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=8034856&postcount=1054 On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Stefan Bien

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-03 Thread Stefan Bienert
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, perhap

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-03 Thread Bean
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Stefan Bienert 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 b

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-03 Thread Stefan Bienert
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 ho

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Stefan Bienert
>> 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.

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Bean
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Stefan Bienert wrote: > Bean wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert >> 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 (depe

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Stefan Bienert
Michal Suchanek wrote: > 2009/9/27 Stefan Bienert : >> Bean wrote: >>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert >>> 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 (de

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/9/27 Stefan Bienert : > Bean wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert >> 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 yo

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Stefan Bienert
Bean wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert > 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

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Bean
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Stefan Bienert 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

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Stefan Bienert
Michal Suchanek wrote: > 2009/9/27 Stefan Bienert : - 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

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/9/27 Stefan Bienert : >>> - 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 yo

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Stefan Bienert
>> - 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 grap

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Felix Zielcke
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 co

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread 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 --fi

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-27 Thread Felix Zielcke
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... >

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-26 Thread 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 whet

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-26 Thread Felix Zielcke
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 U

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-26 Thread Felix Zielcke
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 abou

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-26 Thread 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

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-26 Thread 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. > If you use my repo, you can enable graphi

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-26 Thread Seth Goldberg
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 w

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-26 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
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?

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-09-26 Thread Bean
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM, 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