From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Sep 22 06:32:30 2021 Received: (at 27372-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Sep 2021 10:32:30 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48929 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mSzYE-00080u-97 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:32:30 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:59248) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mSzYC-00080f-Nv for 27372-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:32:29 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:59048) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSzY6-0005PD-W4; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:32:23 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=35968 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSzY6-0001Yn-DY; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:32:22 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Sarah Morgensen Subject: Re: bug#27372: GRUB 2.02 hangs on pre-UEFI Dell Poweredge 2950 References: <87wp8d38z3.fsf@gnu.org> <867dfbhks5.fsf@mgsn.dev> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 1 =?utf-8?Q?Vend=C3=A9miaire?= an 230 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:32:21 +0200 In-Reply-To: <867dfbhks5.fsf@mgsn.dev> (Sarah Morgensen's message of "Sun, 19 Sep 2021 22:35:06 -0700") Message-ID: <877df8j3yi.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 27372-done Cc: 27372-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hi Sarah, Sarah Morgensen skribis: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > >> Hello, >> >> GRUB as found in the 0.13.0 installation image hangs after printing the >> four letters =E2=80=9CGRUB=E2=80=9D in console mode on a pre-UEFI Dell P= oweredge 2950 >> server (something that=E2=80=99s roughly ten years old.) >> >> I built an image where GRUB=E2=80=99s graphical terminal output was disa= bled: >> >> (grub-configuration >> (device "/dev/sda") >> (terminal-outputs '(console))) >> >> =E2=80=A6 but that didn=E2=80=99t help. >> >> Conversely, Debian=E2=80=99s =E2=80=98grub-pc=E2=80=99 2.02~beta3-5 pack= age doesn=E2=80=99t have this >> problem. Debian=E2=80=99s =E2=80=98grub.cfg=E2=80=99 prologue is simil= ar to ours so I suspect >> the problem is in GRUB itself. Debian has =E2=80=9Cquite a few=E2=80=9D= patches for >> GRUB though: >> . >> >> Has anyone experienced this? >> >> Thanks, >> Ludo=E2=80=99. > > Given that we're past v1.3.0 now, is this still relevant? No it=E2=80=99s not; closing! Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.