Felix, > Am Sonntag, den 11.10.2009, 12:21 +0000 schrieb Wyatt Underwood: >> Public bug reported: >> >> Binary package hint: grub2 >> >> I did not look at the source for grub2 >> >> I am using Karmic Koala with the grub2 updated yesterday >> >> grub2 creates entries for both Mandriva and Mandriva beta (both on my >> PC) but they don't work. I didn't photograph the error message but it's >> something about not liking the choice of vga (not deregulated or >> degenerated but something like that). > > Do you mean maybe mean this? `%s is deprecated. Use set > gfxpayload=1024x768x16 before linux command instead.' > That's just a warning, nothing more. > >> if grub2 doesn't like that choice, couldn't it pick an alternative or >> just drop it? > > Maybe we should just use linux16 on the os-prober Linux entrys. Then > they would always work out of the box without changing anything. At > least on i386-pc, i.e. grub-pc package. > > The problem you got into is probable, that you specified a vga= mode > which is implemented differently in the new 32bit Linux loader then in > your graphic card. > For example for me 0x318 is 1024x768x32 but in qemu and our 32bit Linux > loader it's defined as 1024x768x24 > If I use vga=0x318 then I don't get any output at all from the kernel > just as you. > So automatically converting them doestn't always work. That's why we > implemented `set gfxpayload' which even has the advantage that you don't > need to lookup which number is the resolution you want to use. > > We have a bug report to implement support for gfxpayload into > grub-mkconfig, but that wouldn't solve the problem for os-prober > generated entries, because the vga= value comes from it and > not /etc/default/grub > Again, I apologize for the delay between your reply and my answer.
I tried the set gfxpayload recommended in the diagnostic; nothing improved. I tried removing all the UUID stuff; nothing improved. The other message I keep getting is: error file not found. Would that mean the vmlinuz file? Thank you again for your assistance. -- Wyatt from Ubuntu 9.10 beta using Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 -- grub2 constructs entries that don't work for Mandriva https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs
