This is true. But: why do I see, with Ubuntu and Debian kernels (the ones from fedora do react the same):
No "vga", but "gfxmode=800x600", "gfxpayload=800x600": 1. Grub boots, then 2. switches to 800x600 before displaying the menu 3. waiting for timeout, then loading the kernel and initramdisk 4. _switching back to 640x480_ 5. Kernel booting, printing various messages to console 6. console is keept at 640x480 7. login prompt No "vga", but "gfxmode=800x600", "gfxpayload=keep": 1. Grub boots, then 2. switches to 800x600 before displaying the menu 3. waiting for timeout, then loading the kernel and initramdisk 4. No further messages while kernel is booting 5. Console switched to 640x480, some messages from booting kernel 6. console is keept at 640x480 7. login prompt No "vga", but "gfxmode=800x600", no "gfxpayload": 1. Grub boots, then 2. switches to 800x600 before displaying the menu 3. waiting for timeout, then loading the kernel and initramdisk 4. No further messages while kernel is booting 5. Console switched to 640x480, some messages from booting kernel 6. console is keept at 640x480 7. login prompt No "vga", no "gfxpayload", no "gfxmode": 1. Grub boots with text display 2. loads kernel and keeps text display 3. kernel prints various messages to console 4. console is keept at text display 5. login prompt "vga=789", "gfxpayload=800x600", "gfxmode=800x600": 1. grub boots, switching to 800x600 2. kernel loads 3. console blinks switched from 800x600 to 640x480 then back again to 800x600 4. kernel boots with 800x600, printing various messages to console 5. console stays at 800x600 6. login prompt "vga=789", "gfxpayload=keep", "gfxmode=800x600": 1. grub boots, switching to 800x600 2. kernel loads 3. console blinks switched from 800x600 to 640x480 then back again to 800x600 4. kernel boots with 800x600, printing various messages to console 5. console stays at 800x600 6. login prompt The login prompt may or may not be shown, depending on kernel-version used. Even the kernel messages may or may not be shown depending on kernel version used. With the latest kernels the above list is what I found with VMware Workstation 10 (and 9 – both behave the same). I did not test all these combinations with real hardware, because sometimes the system doesnt even boot to a state useful and reachable via ssh. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247907 Title: Ubuntu booting into black console To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1247907/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
