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bug #66302: Info doc section "Using GRUB via a serial line" refers to non-existent "--dumb" option

Submitter:  Jernej Jakob <jjakob>
Submitted:  Mon 07 Oct 2024 11:28:32 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Documentation Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Documentation
Status:  None Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name: 
Open/Closed:  Open Release:  other
Release:  Reproducibility:  Every Time
Planned Release:  None

Fri 03 Jan 2025 07:24:15 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Thanks for reporting this. I'll be sending a patch to the mailinglist.

g10
Mon 07 Oct 2024 11:28:32 PM UTC, original submission:  

Section "9 Using GRUB via a serial line" says:

   However, note that GRUB assumes that your terminal emulator is
compatible with VT100 by default.  This is true for most terminal
emulators nowadays, but you should pass the option ‘--dumb’ to the
command if your terminal emulator is not VT100-compatible or implements
few VT100 escape sequences.  If you specify this option then GRUB
provides you with an alternative menu interface, because the normal menu
requires several fancy features of your terminal.

But neither "serial" nor "terminal" commands have a "--dumb" option.
The way to change the terminal type is via the "terminfo" command, for example "terminfo serial dumb".

The docs should be updated.
Using version 2.12.

Jernej Jakob <jjakob>

 

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