Workarounds are using - GRUB_CONSOLE=terminal - or lowering the resolution The problem here is that EFI GOP is framebuffer based console with no video acceleration. At a high resolution it's very CPU intensive to draw in that.
I suspect this could be somewhat by optimizing the GRUB code more. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480159 Title: grub console is ridiculously slow To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/grub/+bug/480159/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
