GNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #40552, GRUB misconfigures BIOS...
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bug #40552: GRUB misconfigures BIOS framebuffer as EFI
Submitter: | Eli <eliptus> | ||
Submitted: | Tue 12 Nov 2013 01:52:08 AM UTC | ||
Category: | Booting | Severity: | Major |
Priority: | 5 - Normal | Item Group: | Software Error |
Status: | Wont Fix | Privacy: | Public |
Assigned to: | None | Originator Name: | |
Open/Closed: | Closed | Release: | other |
Release: | Reproducibility: | None | |
Planned Release: | None |
Tue 12 Nov 2013 07:19:58 PM UTC, comment #4: |
Eli <eliptus> |
Tue 12 Nov 2013 05:40:31 PM UTC, comment #3: http://lwn.net/Articles/401883/
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Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder> |
Tue 12 Nov 2013 05:32:53 PM UTC, comment #2: Bug ID or it didn't happen... Can you please provide the bug that was filed against the kernel for a generic linear framebuffer ID?
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Eli <eliptus> |
Tue 12 Nov 2013 12:00:04 PM UTC, comment #1: I've been asking Linux guys to provide a generic linear framebuffer id for ages for the cases when GRUB uses own driver and hence "vesafb" isn't right type (as there may be no VBE available at all). Until such id is provided there is nothing GRUB can do better than using efi one since it does essentially that. |
Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder> |
Tue 12 Nov 2013 01:52:08 AM UTC, original submission:
I'm currently using grub-2.00_p5107-r2 on Gentoo. Using GRUB's default configuration, but setting "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768" in /etc/default/grub would result in a blank screen unless I enabled "efifb" in the kernel. This is unexpected since I'm running a BIOS system and the framebuffer is expected to use "vesafb".
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Eli <eliptus> |
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Date | Changed by | Updated Field | Previous Value | => | Replaced by |
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2013-11-12 | eliptus | Attached File | - | Added hwinfo-framebuffer.txt, #29598 | |
2013-11-12 | phcoder | Status | None | Wont Fix | |
Open/Closed | Open | Closed |
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I appreciate the quick response despite the bug being closed as "Won't Fix".
I don't see an actual bug referenced in the article that you linked. Perhaps I misunderstand how such requests are tracked by kernel.org?
My setup is a simple KVM (at buyvm.net). I'll attach the output of "hwinfo --framebuffer", but let me know if there are other details you prefer.
(file #29598)